Middle East and Africa

Bank of Israel

Too few recent speeches for a current tone.

Speeches: 108
First speech: Apr 29, 2001
Latest speech: Nov 16, 2022
Tone vs coming rate moves: +0.08; rank correlation

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Latest speeches

Each speech's tone is the average over its sentences about policy, prices, rates or the economy. Open a speech to read it in full.

Date	Speech	Tone
Nov 16, 2022	Andrew Abir: Remarks - Bank of Israel's Payment Systems Conference Andrew Abir	+0.02
Jun 20, 2022	Yaron Amir: A look at the future world of payments - trends, the market, and regulation Yaron Amir	−0.09
Dec 17, 2020	Yaron Amir: Competition and structural changes Yaron Amir	−0.04
Dec 14, 2020	Yaron Amir: Remarks - Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society 2020 Yaron Amir	−0.30
Sep 2, 2019	Yaron Amir: Bank of Israel's recommendations for increasing the standard of living while maintaining fiscal discipline Yaron Amir	−0.06
Sep 1, 2019	Yaron Amir: Setting goals and embracing innovation to meet the challenges of a changing environment Yaron Amir	−0.10
Jun 6, 2019	Yaron Amir: Are we again taking financial stability for granted? (Or: Do we need central banks?) Yaron Amir	−0.07
May 16, 2019	Yaron Amir: From the financial crisis to today - the stability of the Israeli economy Yaron Amir	−0.18
Apr 2, 2019	Yaron Amir: Competition in the banking system Yaron Amir	−0.07
Nov 4, 2018	Karnit Flug: Policy dilemmas and the role of the central bank in advising government Karnit Flug	−0.02
Jun 20, 2018	Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg: The future of money - policy and regulation Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg	+0.02
Jun 19, 2018	Karnit Flug: On the importance of strategic planning and the difficulty of implementing it in the political reality Karnit Flug	−0.07
Sep 17, 2017	Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg: Main developments and challenges in achieving the inflation target in Israel in recent years Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg	−0.07
Sep 3, 2017	Karnit Flug: Infrastructure development plan for Israel Karnit Flug	−0.56
Jun 19, 2017	Karnit Flug: Two economies - one society Karnit Flug	+0.10
Jun 6, 2017	Karnit Flug: Israel's macroeconomic situation in recent years Karnit Flug	+0.09
May 16, 2017	Karnit Flug: Establishing a financial stability committee in Israel Karnit Flug	−0.44
Mar 29, 2017	Karnit Flug: Recent economic and financial developments in Israel Karnit Flug	−0.08
Dec 28, 2016	Karnit Flug: Forecasting Karnit Flug	+0.08
Dec 14, 2016	Karnit Flug: Implementing reform benefitting the public in Israel Karnit Flug	–
Jun 15, 2016	Karnit Flug: Reforms to increase competition in the Israeli banking system Karnit Flug	+0.07
Jun 13, 2016	Karnit Flug: Increasing competition in the financial system Karnit Flug	−0.10
May 25, 2016	Karnit Flug: The formulation of long-term economic policy - strategic thinking about challenges to the economy Karnit Flug	−0.09
May 18, 2016	Karnit Flug: Macroeconomic policy and the performance of the Israeli economy Karnit Flug	−0.15
Apr 3, 2016	Karnit Flug: The conduct of economic policy, and the various functions filled by the Bank of Israel and the government in conducting the policy Karnit Flug	−0.18
Mar 14, 2016	Karnit Flug: Israel's Credit Information Bill Karnit Flug	–
Feb 18, 2016	Karnit Flug: Reforms in Israel's banking system Karnit Flug	+0.04
Dec 30, 2015	Karnit Flug: The challenges facing short- and long-term economic policy Karnit Flug	−0.19
Dec 14, 2015	Karnit Flug: Increasing competition in the financial system to benefit the Israeli economy Karnit Flug	+0.14
Dec 2, 2015	Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg: Brief overview of the changing landscape of the financial market in Israel Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg	−0.12
Aug 6, 2015	Karnit Flug: The Israeli economy - a macroeconomic perspective Karnit Flug	−0.23
Jul 15, 2015	Karnit Flug: The credit market and its supervision in the Israeli economy Karnit Flug	+0.07
Jul 1, 2015	Karnit Flug: Raising the retirement age for women in Israel Karnit Flug	+0.09
Jun 1, 2015	Karnit Flug: Productivity in Israel - the key to increasing the standard of living: overview and a look ahead Karnit Flug	−0.13
Dec 1, 2014	Karnit Flug: Strengths and challenges facing the Israeli economy Karnit Flug	−0.13
Nov 21, 2014	Karnit Flug: Challenges facing manufacturing and Bank of Israel's policy to deal with them Karnit Flug	−0.13
Nov 20, 2014	Karnit Flug: Challenges in the field of pension savings Karnit Flug	+0.13
Jun 9, 2014	Karnit Flug: The formulation of monetary policy in uncertain conditions Karnit Flug	−0.07
Jun 2, 2014	Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg: Israel's market developments and monetary policy objectives Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg	−0.05
Mar 26, 2014	Karnit Flug: Money and technology - means of payment in Israel Karnit Flug	−0.04
Mar 16, 2014	Karnit Flug: A peek into the Monetary Committee room Karnit Flug	−0.19
Mar 4, 2014	Karnit Flug: The macroeconomic situation and the stability of the financial system Karnit Flug	−0.04
Feb 17, 2014	Karnit Flug: Where is society headed? Karnit Flug	−0.17
Nov 19, 2013	Karnit Flug: The state of the Israeli economy and challenges ahead Karnit Flug	−0.15
Nov 13, 2013	Karnit Flug: Important goals to achieve for the Israeli economy Karnit Flug	+0.14
Oct 29, 2013	Karnit Flug: Israel's challenge to fulfil its economic growth potential Karnit Flug	−0.03
Jun 4, 2013	Stanley Fischer: Challenges facing the Israeli economy Stanley Fischer	−0.07
Mar 14, 2013	Stanley Fischer: Major trends in the global economic crisis and its impact on Israel Stanley Fischer	+0.02
Feb 27, 2013	Stanley Fischer: Recent developments in the Israeli economy Stanley Fischer	−0.05
Dec 27, 2012	Stanley Fischer: Issues of fiscal policy Stanley Fischer	−0.31
Dec 10, 2012	Stanley Fischer: Recent developments in the Israeli economy - interview with Richard Quest Stanley Fischer	−0.07
Sep 18, 2011	Stanley Fischer: Global economic developments - implications for Israel's economy Stanley Fischer	−0.21
Mar 31, 2011	Stanley Fischer: Central bank lessons from the global crisis Stanley Fischer	−0.10
Dec 23, 2010	Stanley Fischer: Corporate governance in Israel Stanley Fischer	+0.00
Dec 13, 2010	Stanley Fischer: Israel's economy Stanley Fischer	+0.07
Nov 30, 2010	Stanley Fischer: Lessons from the crisis Stanley Fischer	+0.27
May 2, 2010	Stanley Fischer: Challenges confronting the Bank of Israel and the economy Stanley Fischer	−0.09
Aug 21, 2009	Stanley Fischer: Preparing for future crises Stanley Fischer	−0.16
May 13, 2009	Stanley Fischer: Bank of Israel's objectives for 2009 Stanley Fischer	−0.14
Dec 23, 2008	Stanley Fischer: Israel's banking system and economy Stanley Fischer	−0.14

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