Amiram Barkat

Under Avi Simhon, the Council gave up on dealing with our fundamental problems.

Israel's high place in Forbes' GDP per capita ranking is good news, but far from being the whole story.

As Chevron and Delek thwart IEC's attempt to buy gas more cheaply, the regulators have proved impotent.

The government's parallel spending trick, known as "boxes",imperils Israel's hard-won credit rating and economic good name.

Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu, a true civil servant, is abandoning a ship with only confusion at the helm.

Distributing cash to the people isn't bad in itself. What's bad is taking global confidence in Israel's economy for granted.

Getting stimulation measures through while cutting public sector pay will take all Katz and Netanyahu's political strength.

The downgrade in Israel's rating outlook will mean higher interest rates just when the government needs to borrow extensively.

In any case the government doesn't have the money for its share.

What the Governor of the Bank of Israel is afraid of, as Israel's political paralysis continues.

Analysts maintain that the composition of growth means that the Bank of Israel might still cut its interest rate.

Cutting ridiculous public spending doesn't require a Knesset majority or a new government. All it needs is a sense of responsibility.

In Israel, publication of the Bank of Israel protocols on the interest rate decision did not make waves, but the rest of the world attributed far more importance to them.

The market sees the Governor of the Bank of Israel's failure to use the market intervention weapon as weakness.

Energean's acquisition of Edison E&P shocked the energy market, but the company's sterling record in Israel gives hope that it will succeed.

The Israeli public has interests liable to be affected by excessive influence in the hands of the Chinese government.