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      <title>Israel's Business Arena</title>
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      <title>Iran campaign depresses Israel’s economy</title>
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      <description>Israel's economy shrank by an annualized 3.3% in the first quarter, hit hard by the operation in Iran.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:28:56</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s Consumer Price Index jumps</title>
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      <description>Despite the sharp rise in April, inflation remains within the Bank of Israel&amp;rsquo;s annual target range. Home prices have resumed their rise.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:12:10</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's real interest rate highest in the West</title>
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      <description>Market experts talk to "Globes" about the constraints on the Bank of Israel, and whether its interest rate should, and could, fall.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:34:55</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiscal deficit falls to lowest since 2023</title>
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      <description>Israel&amp;rsquo;s fiscal deficit for the twelve months to the end of April amounted to 3.8% of GDP, the lowest level recorded since November 2023.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:51:19</pubDate>
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      <title>Smotrich seen opposing Netanyahu's mortgage subsidy plan</title>
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      <description>Treasury officials and the Bank of Israel have fiercely criticized the plan to compensate borrowers for the rise in interest rates, but Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich has been silent so far.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:40:23</pubDate>
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      <title>S&amp;P affirms Israel credit rating</title>
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      <description>With immediate security threats receding, the agency retains its A sovereign rating with a "Stable" outlook.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 10:30:17</pubDate>
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      <title>Israelis' wealth grows 80% in six years</title>
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      <description>As the value of their financial portfolios rises, Israelis are adopting new investment habits.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:11:06</pubDate>
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      <title>Institutions' hedging changes lie behind shekel's strength</title>
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      <description>Israel's financial institutions have been reducing their foreign currency exposure and selling huge quantities of dollars.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:28:52</pubDate>
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      <title>Deputy budget commissioner warns on “trauma economy”</title>
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      <description>Tamar Levy Boneh says Israel must choose between debt, standard of living and security.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:11:04</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's cost of living surpasses wealthiest European countries</title>
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      <description>An Aaron Institute study finds that an average basket of products and services now costs 21% more in Israel than in countries such as Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:36:37</pubDate>
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      <title>Prof. Kandel: Tech sector can't be viewed in isolation</title>
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      <description>At the &amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;Going Long on Israel&amp;rdquo; conference, Prof. Eugene Kandel called for a holistic approach to the challenge of AI.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:51:39</pubDate>
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      <title>Israeli tech employees hold stock options worth NIS 150b</title>
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      <description>&amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; analyzes the potential effect on Israel&amp;rsquo;s economy, if tech employees exercise their stock options.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:49:47</pubDate>
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      <title>Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs</title>
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      <description>Stanford University research found that 3% of Israeli army Talpiot graduates found unicorns, five times higher than the percentage of Stanford MBA program graduates.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:29:55</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's population grew 1.4% over past year</title>
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      <description>Israel's population has reached 10.244 million on the eve of Israel's 78th Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:16:53</pubDate>
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      <title>Petition revives threat to Israel-EU trade</title>
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      <description>A petition calling for suspension of Israel's Association Agreement with the EU, its largest trading partner, has gathered over a million signatures, forcing EU institutions to consider it.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:01:58</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s CPI rose 0.4% in March</title>
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      <description>Annual inflation has moderated but home prices continue to fall, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:05:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's fiscal deficit narrowed sharply in March</title>
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      <description>Despite the war, the deficit fell, thanks to the tax revenues from the Google-Wiz deal.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:34:07</pubDate>
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      <title>Treasury offers guaranteed loans for war-hit businesses</title>
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      <description>A special track will be opened in the fund for state-guaranteed loans for small and mid-sized businesses harmed by the war.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:10:31</pubDate>
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      <title>The philanthropist who would bring a million people to Israel</title>
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      <description>Sylvan Adams sees anti-Semitism pushing Jews to aliya, but says Israel needs to become more attractive as well. $200 million for the Negev says he's serious.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:01:49</pubDate>
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      <title>Security events seen testing shekel's strength</title>
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      <description>Market experts weigh in on the prospects of the Israeli currency continuing to appreciate, and the impact on the micro and macro levels.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:12:07</pubDate>
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