Finance Minister Roni Bar-On, Treasury Director General Yoram Ariav and Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer met last week OECD deputy secretary general Thelma Askey

The relatively sharp decline in economic growth is expected, according to economists, due to the credit crisis and rising oil prices

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics The standard of living will rise by 4.2% and will have risen by a cumulative 7.1% in 2005-07. In 2006 the GDP rose by 5.3% and business product rose by 6%

Hirchson began conducting a series of meetings with other officials and business people at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in Singapore early last week

The IMF published its forcest which indicates that the rate of economic growth in Israel during 2006-2007 will be substantially higher than that of most developed countries in Europe & in North America

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) biannual economic survey, released on 21 September, had forecast a 4.2% real growth rate for Israel in 2005 and 3.9% in 2006

According to preliminary estimates released last Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics ( CBS ), Israel's economy will grow by 4% in 2004

Minister of Finance Netanyahu: Joining the OECD is a matter of strategic importance in the process of positioning the Israeli economy among the developed and advanced economics of the world, attracting international investments, and influencing the global