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      <title>Israel's Business Arena</title>
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      <title>Trade ban exposes Israelis to image in Europe</title>
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      <description>The Israeli public was blindsided by government boasts of diplomatic victories. The truth has now hit.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:25:50</pubDate>
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      <title>Haifa only Israeli city ranked in World Happy City Index</title>
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      <description>Haifa is ranked 187th. Below Tashkent and Split but above London and New York.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:11:49</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s fiscal deficit continues to narrow</title>
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      <description>Over the 12 months until the end of August 2026, the fiscal deficit fell to 3.2% of GDP, or NIS 71.1 billion, down from 3.3% at the end of July.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:40:10</pubDate>
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      <title>Inward investment in Israel reaches record</title>
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      <description>Direct foreign investment totaled $26.2 billion in 2025, but the figure hides high concentration in one sector and in a few very large deals, such as Google's acquisition of Wiz.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:44:19</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank of Israel Governor: Growth is only moderate</title>
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      <description>Amir Yaron tells &amp;ldquo;Globes&amp;rdquo; that Israel&amp;rsquo;s high GDP growth figures are only moderate, after deducting production figures from outside Israel, and the latest rate cut will ease demand and supply constraints.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:09:25</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank of Israel makes third successive rate cut</title>
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      <description>The Bank of Israel said that the Monetary Committee&amp;rsquo;s policy is focusing on price stability, support for economic activity, and stability of the markets.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:21:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Competition Authority's new challenge: Who has the data?</title>
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      <description>Tobie Harris, head of the Authority's Markets Department: Whoever possesses the market data can drive out the competition.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:01:10</pubDate>
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      <title>UK plans trade ban on Judea and Samaria settlements - report</title>
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      <description>"The Times" reports that UK prime minister Andy Burnham has been warned that such a ban would become a de facto boycott of all of Israel.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:03:26</pubDate>
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      <title>Regulator boosts enforcement on parallel imports</title>
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      <description>The Competition Authority is heavily penalizing official importers who try to thwart cheaper supplies via other channels.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:56:40</pubDate>
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      <title>Citi: No rate cut next week but two more by Q1 2027</title>
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      <description>Citi: In the absence of any urgency, we think a decision to leave rates unchanged is marginally more likely.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:13:33</pubDate>
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      <title>Passing family businesses from parents to children</title>
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      <description>Prof. Matt Allen, guest speaker at next week&amp;rsquo;s Globes Family Companies Conference, explains the best way to ensure the business is passed on successfully between generations.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:52:42</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s GDP growth reflects fast-rising Nvidia revenue</title>
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      <description>Nvidia&amp;rsquo;s networking division is seeing an exponential rise in revenue, making it a major engine of growth for the Israeli economy.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:19:47</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank of Israel Governor sees inflation rising</title>
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      <description>Amir Yaron hinted that there will be no rate cut next month in an interview with Bloomberg TV by insisting that inflation will rise.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:59:51</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s fast rising average wage is misleading</title>
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      <description>The average wage has risen 7% over the past year but lower participation of young people in the workforce is pushing up the average, some experts say.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:31:37</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s economy grew at 15.4% in Q2</title>
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      <description>The unexpectedly high GDP growth followed a contraction in the first quarter due to the Iran war.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:19:00</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's inflation rate falls to 1.5%</title>
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      <description>The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.3% in July, in line with market estimates. Home prices rose 0.1% from April-May to May-June.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:16:24</pubDate>
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      <title>Who says removing import barriers doesn't lower consumer prices?</title>
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      <description>The Histadrut, that's who. A can of tuna begs to differ.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:35:26</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's tech workforce stable despite layoffs - survey</title>
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      <description>While overall numbers remain steady, profound changes are taking place in employment patterns.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:24:25</pubDate>
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      <title>High tax collection moderates fiscal deficit</title>
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      <description>The deficit was 3.3% of GDP for the twelve months to the end of July. The target for 2026 is 4.9%.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:51:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Bank of Israel warns on defense procurement plan</title>
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      <description>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for additional defense spending of NIS 400 billion over thirteen years.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:21:21</pubDate>
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