Central bank governor warns new government about budget demands in coalition deals, calls for responsible fiscal policy

Letter to presumed incoming prime minister say his coalition's plans to rein in judiciary, threats to civil rights will drive away crucial foreign investment

Finance Ministry data says month's 5,100 purchases are among the lowest figures of any October in past 20 years, and lowest of any month since 1st COVID lockdown in April 2020

Consumer Price Index shows 0.6% increase last month, inflation climbs to 5.1% in October 2022 compared to October 2021

Agency forecasts Israel's GDP growth by 6% this year, but just 2% in 2023, given global economic trends

Alex Kushnir, the Yisrael Beytenu MK who chairs the Knesset Finance Committee -- overseeing the budget, taxes, customs and banking -- discusses economic inequalities and solutions

44% of respondents to IDI poll say main factor influencing voting decision is a party’s economic platform and plan for addressing rising prices

Monthly salaries for Israeli workers average NIS 11,753 ($3,514); tech employees pull in about NIS 26,828 ($8,019)

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur says Israel's prices should be no higher than New Zealand's; environment reporter Sue Surkes on offsetting carbon in the air with forests

Central bank says inflation over the past 12 months reached 4.1%, with estimates showing it rising to 4.5% for 2022