Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more  Another terrorist attack on Egyptian natural gas pipeline  The disruptions in the natural gas pipeline from Egypt continue: on July 4th there was a terrorist attack on the natural gas pipeline that ... Read More

According to the recent unemployment report of the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Israeli unemployment rate declined to 5.8% during April 2011- the lowest level in over two years. Number of job vacancies fell by 0.5% during May 2011 and reached 65.1 thousand jobs. As a result, the percent of job ... Read More

Natural gas supply from Egypt was renewed According to recent report, the natural gas transfer from Egypt to Israel was renewed this week, after the pipeline was sabotaged by terrorists more than a month ago. The sabotage caused an eruption in the transfer of natural gas not only to Israeli but ... Read More

Bank of Israel has updated for the second time this year its forecast on the economic growth of Israel in 2011 and 2012. According to the updated report, the forecast of the Israeli GDP will incline in 2011 by 5.2% (Y-2-Y) compared with 2010. The former Israeli GDP growth rate ... Read More

Impediment in Leviatan 2 drilling According to a recent report, the Ministry of National Infrastructure has ordered the deep water drilling company Noble Energy to halt its drilling in the offshore natural gas cache – Leviatan 2. The reason for this impediment was due to a malfunction in the drilling that occurred ... Read More

The real estate sector in Israel continues to occupy the news and the Israeli Parliament: it was reported yesterday that an agreement was reached between the Minister of Finance –Yuval Steinitz and Minister of Housing – Ariel Atias; in it, young couples, who are planning to purchase their first apartment ... Read More

According to the recent publication by Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel (CBS), the GDP of Israel continues to grow:   During the first quarter of 2011 the Israeli Gross Domestic Product rose by 4.7% in annual terms compared to the last quarter of 2010.   During the fourth quarter of 2010 the Israeli ... Read More

Want a more detailed analysis on Israel’s natural gas market? IBR can do it for you…read here for more   Following the putsch in Egypt in which the former president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, the ramifications on the stability in the region outside of Egypt is already starting to show. By the end ... Read More

In the recent employment report as published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, the current rate of unemployment in Israel was 6.1% during January 2011. Let's make a very rough estimate on the number of jobs to be created each month just to keep the current unemployment rate: the current annual ... Read More

Here is a summary for the main changes in the Israeli financial markets during last week from April 3rd up to April 7th (unless stated otherwise); all percent changes are from beginning to end of week. Tel Aviv 25 moderately declined during last week by 1.06% as it closed the week ... Read More