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Home Page » Researches » Israel’s Economy: A Macro Perspective

Israel’s Economy: A Macro Perspective

November 2013
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Eran Yashiv

 

Data for 2012 and early 2013 point to a reasonable level of growth in GDP, a stable unemployment rate, and a continued increase in investment; all the while inflation remains low.  Israeli macroeconomic activity continued to be in the shadow of the global slowdown.  The government deficit grew, in particular due to a decline in tax revenues.

An analysis of fiscal policy over time indicates that while Israel is not, at present, deviating from its behavior of the past 20 years, it could potentially find itself treading a dangerous fiscal path.  At the same time, it is difficult to see how the Israeli government will attain the one-percent-of-GDP deficit target that has long been on the agenda of policy makers.  This chapter calls attention to several problematic aspects of the government  budget management and presents ideas for reform.

This paper appears in the Center’s annual publication – State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2013.

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