Rate decision
Policy rate cut to 3.25% from 3.50%
Sep 1, 2026 · BIS central bank policy rates
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Israel
High income · Diversified economy · Data availability: good
The region’s most technology-intensive economy: a global hub for software, cybersecurity, and venture-funded startups, alongside advanced manufacturing, diamonds, and newly developed offshore gas. High-income and OECD-integrated, with trade oriented toward the US and Europe rather than the region.
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Outlier
Israel's nominal effective exchange rate index reached 131 in September 2026, about 29% above its 2016–2025 September average of 102. A gap that large has not appeared in the past 11 Septembers.
Prices & money · data through Sep 2026
Outlier
Israel's exchange rate against the dollar reached 2.99 in August 2026, about 15% below its 2016–2025 August average of 3.54. A gap that large has not appeared in the past 11 Augusts.
Prices & money · data through Aug 2026
Trade measure
Israel's Economy Committee approved an order banning imports made with forced labor.
Aug 13, 2026 · Knesset Economic Committee
Vitals
Core figures — the latest value each source holds, the previous reading and the bloc median.
GDP
$610.8B
as of 2025
up from $542.3B (2024)
MENA median $133.4B
Real GDP growth
2.9%
as of 2025
up from 1.0% (2024)
MENA median 3.3%
Inflation, year-on-year
1.5%
as of Aug 2026
down from 1.5% (Jul 2026)
MENA median 5.8%
GDP per person
$60,337
as of 2025
up from $54,217 (2024)
MENA median $5,379
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Quarterly report
Written once from the quarter's findings, then frozen.
Q3 2026 · Israel
ISR — Q3 2026 brief
The findings published for Israel in Q3 2026 documented annual changes through 2025. GDP at purchasing-power parity rose for 10 straight years, from $300 billion in 2015 to $604.5 billion in 2025, approximately doubling. The longer rise dated back to 2008.
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Everything MENACodex detects for this economy — the lead finding charted, the rest filtered by pattern and sector.
Israel's nominal effective exchange rate index reached 131 in September 2026, about 29% above its 2016–2025 September average of 102. A gap that large has not appeared in the past 11 Septembers.
Nominal effective exchange rate, broad basket (monthly) [BIS] (index (2020 = 100))131
ReversalIsrael's goods imports rose for 3 straight months, from $8.5 billion in March 2026 to $10.2 billion in June 2026, then fell to $9.7 billion in July 2026.
OutlierIsrael's exchange rate against the dollar reached 2.99 in August 2026, about 15% below its 2016–2025 August average of 3.54. A gap that large has not appeared in the past 11 Augusts.
Multi-year lowIsrael's current account balance fell to $8.5 billion in 2025, its lowest level since 2013.
Multi-year lowIsrael's bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio fell to 22.0% in 2025, its lowest level since 2014.
ReversalIsrael's GDP annual growth rate fell for 3 straight years, from 9.34% in 2021 to 0.95% in 2024, then rose to 2.93% in 2025.
Briefs
Analysis pieces on Israel, every number checked against the source.
Agenda Watch
Official decisions and what the news is reporting, with the original source named.
| Date | Decision | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Israel said regulated egg prices would rise by about 2.1% from November 1, 2026. | Policy reform | Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (gov.il) |
| Oct 18, 2026 | Israel approved a 2026 spending reprioritization and allocated NIS 2.6 billion to defense. | Financing | Government of Israel (gov.il) |
| Sep 1, 2026 | The Bank of Israel lowered the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25%. | Policy reform | Bank of Israel Monetary Committee (kamakama.gov.il) |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Policy rate cut to 3.25% from 3.50% | Rate decision | Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates — Israel, monthly series (data.bis.org) |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Israel's Economy Committee approved an order banning imports made with forced labor. | Trade measure | Knesset Economic Committee (main.knesset.gov.il) |
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Every series we hold for Israel, by sector — open one in the Database to chart it against its neighbours.
Economy & growth
GDP, output, investment, savings · 244 series
Open indicators →Prices & moneyInflation, policy rate, money, exchange rate · 30 series
Open indicators →Trade & externalExports, imports, reserves, current account · 55 series
Open indicators →Public financeRevenue, spending, debt, balance · 50 series
Open indicators →Financial sectorCredit, banks, markets · 58 series
Open indicators →Energy & environmentOil, gas, power, emissions · 96 series
Open indicators →Technology & infrastructureInternet, mobile, transport · 34 series
Open indicators →PeoplePopulation, jobs, health, education · 50 series
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