Reuters: GDP contracts by annualized 6.5% in first three months of 2021 vs forecast for 3.6% growth in quarter

Data compiled by Forbes Israel based on IMF data shows Israel, with GDP per capita of $43,689 for 2020, ranking above Canada, New Zealand and UK; Luxemburg tops list at $116,921

Commerce Department reports GDP shrunk by 3.5% in 2020 while net exports fell 13% and personal consumption expenditures dropped 3.9%

Economy could contract by 5.9%-7.2% this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic; ministry forecasts budget deficit of 13%-14.2% of GDP

Central bank intends to intervene, for the first time ever, in the corporate bond market, buying bonds for a total of NIS 15 billion, in a bid to aid the pandemic-hammered economy

Report predicts GDP to ease slightly in 2020, 2021, but remain near 3%; forecast sees unemployment rising to 4.3% -- still close to historical low

Globes: Israel's economy grew an annualized 4.1% in the third quarter, far exceeding market expectations of a 2.6%-2.8% increase, Central Bureau of Statistics data shows

Globes: The second-quarter slowdown is due to a sharp drop in the imports of vehicles, the Central Bureau of Statistics says in report

Globes: Growth in the quarter boosted by rise in vehicle imports, Central Bureau of Statistics' data shows; in the same quarter, a year earlier, growth was 3.9%