Economy
Insurance companies' profits surged this quarter to NIS 2.85 Billion
Phoenix and Menora Mivtachim led a 20% Q2 profit surge to NIS 2.85B across Israel's top insurers, prompting raised business targets and major dividend payouts.
Strategy or physical withdrawal: What does Washington’s shift from airstrikes to sanctions signify?
Treasury Secretary Bessent says US entering 'endgame' with Iran, will sever economic lifelines
Iranian worker’s suicide attempt exposes Islamic regime's economic crisis, expert says
Lebanese economic recovery in 2025 will be undone by 2026 conflict, World Bank report shows
The report, titled “A Conflict-Torn Economy,” estimated that Lebanon’s real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.2% in 2025, marking its strongest growth since 2019.
Economic warfare: Bankrupting Iran will be more effective than bombing - opinion
The objective is not to destroy Iran. It is to bankrupt the regime that has stolen Iran's future, financed terror across the Middle East, and kept its own people in chains.
Israeli curbs on labor, banking, and trade drive West Bank economic crisis - report
Unemployment, reduced public salaries and strained healthcare are worsening the West Bank’s economic crisis amid Israeli restrictions, The New York Times reported.
Trump's economic 'D-Day' will only bring further defeat to US, Iran's Araghchi warns
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns Trump’s economic campaign will fail, as IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi threatens a more destructive Iranian response if another war breaks out.
'Economic D-Day': Trump threatens economic warfare against countries aiding Iran
UAE suspending all trade activities, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran following Trump statement • Trump promises 'economic warfare and isolation on an unprecedented scale'
US national debt tops $40 trillion for first time, doubled under presidents Trump, Biden
The federal government's IOU has now more than doubled in less than a decade, from $19.95 trillion when US President Donald Trump was sworn in for the first time in January 2017.
Russia's Putin orders government to help rebuild warehouses destroyed in Ukrainian attacks
Putin said the economy was growing modestly despite external pressure, a reference to Western sanctions, and despite Ukrainian attacks on industrial and infrastructure facilities.
The next US-Israel agreement should expand joint innovation - opinion
The 10-year memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel, signed in 2016 and worth $38 billion, expires in 2028, and discussions about its successor are already underway.
Israelis continue flocking to malls: BIG's net profit surges 47%
BIG Shopping Centers posted a Q2 2026 net profit of NIS 366.3M with 100% mall occupancy as it expands operations across Israel and Europe.
From Haredi cities to the Sharon: Where was the sharpest spike in job seekers recorded?
A 24.4% surge in Haredi job seekers and summer teacher layoffs drove up July unemployment, alongside ongoing growth in higher socioeconomic clusters.
