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Protesters gather in the Habima Square yesterday.

Israel's credit rating drops: How will it hit our wallets?

By Eyal Haim
 MK Avigdor Liberman attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on September 13, 2023.

Netanyahu, Liberman stand on opposite ends of credit rating drop debate

Moody's corporate HQ

Moody's downgrades Israel credit rating to 'A2'

 A bus driver sits in a bus as Palestinian youths are reflected in the windshield during a visit by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya January 4, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Gaza war means longer hours, more accidents for bus drivers

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a debate and voting on the state budget bill, in the Knesset plenum, in December.

Squeezing Israel's human capital during a difficult time - opinion

By ELI COHEN
 Rocket fall in Netivot, this month. The rating is used by investors to determine the level of risk in that country

How could a credit rating downgrade impact Israeli wallets, markets?

By Eyal Haim
New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of a downwards-trending graph (illustration)

Israeli reservist forced to sell business as reserve duty stretches over 100 days

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Economic optimism soars, yet CEOs grapple with AI, climate uncertainties

 BAMBA COMING off the production line at a Strauss plant in Sderot.

Strauss Group to hike prices, lay off 150 workers

By SHIRA SAPIR/GLOBES/TNS
 An illustrative image of a graph going down.

December 2023 Consumer Price Index records a 0.1% decrease from November

Israel Start up

Tech sector surges amid 2023 challenges, anticipates growth in 2024

 A PALESTINIAN receives financial aid from Qatar through an exchange office in Rafah, Gaza Strip, in 2021, as part of the UN Humanitarian Cash Assistance Program. Hamas’s conduct is not guided by Palestinian economic welfare, but rather by annihilationist rationale, says the writer.

Restoring Zionist ‘Iron Wall’: A proposal for renewed Israeli ideology - opinion

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of a downwards-trending graph (illustration)

Comptroller's report on cost of living unveils critical issues in Israel's economy

An Israeli flag flutters outside the Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem August 7, 2013

Leumi: 'No interest rate cuts in every decision next year'

 View of the Power Station in Hadera, on Janury 27, 2018.

Price of electricity in Israel to rise 2.6% in February