Israel economic growth

Israel is missing a NIS 180 billion growth engine - opinion

Arab society remains underrepresented in the Israeli business sector, particularly in high-quality, higher-paying roles.

Arab Israelis and Haredi youth at a café in Jerusalem
Israel was the ultimate Start-up Nation. However, following the events of October 7, 2023, and the multi-front wars that followed, including on the northern front (pictured), the focus has shifted from simple growth to a desperate fight for stability.

Debt, defense, and disruption: The true cost of Israel's multi-front war - analysis

Israeli banknotes come from countries in the world that use Forex or financial financials.

The strength of the shekel

People are seen at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem despite the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah and missile fire toward Israel, March 9, 2026.

How much is the war costing?


Israel's economy beats out world average, grows 7% in 2021

Dunn and Bradstreet report shows high-tech industry main catalyst for Israeli economic growth.

The Bank of Israel building is seen in Jerusalem June 16, 2020.

We're only halfway through Economic Arrangements, Budget laws - opinion

FOR MOST of the time, there was almost no one in the plenum from the Coalition (except for Abbas and Amar), whose members were busy negotiating with the government about chapters in the EAL.

 Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset budget meeting September 2, 2021

Israel, Bahrain to sign economic cooperation agreement

The agreement will establish a joint economic committee to promote the implementation of the agreement and examine ways to remove trade barriers and increase the volume of trade between the countries

Eyal Biram of Israel-is and delegation member Yusuf Yusuf from Bahrain.

Grapevine February 21, 2021: The silver lining behind the cloud

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NAHUM GUZIK, photographed by his friend Erwin Shenkelbach, with whom he worked together at a TV station in Jerusalem.

US, Israeli officials agree to expand bilateral economic relations

This annual economic policy dialogue between the two nations has been held since 1985.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who urged him to crank up pressure on Iran at a press conference in Jerusalem

Bank Hapoalim chief adviser analyzes Israel's COVID-19 economic prospects

Israel's economy needs political stability and expressed the importance of a government budget for 2021 and a multi-year economic policy plan.

Bank Hapoalim chief economic adviser Prof. Leo Leiderman is seen addressing The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

Economic recovery for families requires childhood training investment

Our nationwide discourse about economic rehabilitation and recovery must include the urgent need for job development and retraining opportunities in fields that will remain in high demand.

An Israeli woman and a child sit at a playground near a kindergarten surrounded by concrete blast walls on the first day of the school year in Nahal Oz

How to revive Israel's economy? The answer is in the South

The Negev, which makes up 60% of Israel’s territory, is Israel’s “land of opportunity.”

An F-35i Adir jet in Nevatim base, southeast of Beersheba

Israeli nonprofit Ogen Group raises $30m. for coronavirus aid

Twenty-five percent of Israeli non-profits, on which hundreds of thousands of Israelis depend for daily services in healthcare, welfare, education and more, have ceased operations entirely.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Israel adopted technology that will enable the economy's growth

Digital transformation, the leading global business strategy for the last five years, relies on and is driven by three main technologies: artificial intelligence, robotics and the Internet of things.

Cables and computers are seen inside a data centre at an office in the heart of the financial district in London, Britain May 15, 2017