The Bank of Israel's Composite State of the Economy Index increased by 0.1% in September 2015, lower than its average rate of growth in recent months.
The increase in the Composite Index derived primarily from an increase in the Industrial Production index and in the revenue indices for August, and by an increase in the job vacancy rate for September.
In contrast, the slowdown in the Composite Index’s rate of growth derived from a sharp decline in goods exports in September and from declines of consumer goods imports and imports of manufacturing inputs in that same month.
