Moody’s report sparked a heated debate: Will the war cripple the economy, or could it propel it forward? The answer remains balanced on a knife’s edge, Yet, this past week presented us with a meaningful foresight as Israel orchestrated a debt issuance totaling NIS 4 billion with unprecedented demands, according to Accountant-General Yehli Rotenberg. The […]
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Innovation is key to making the world a better place and indispensable to guaranteeing a future of peace and prosperity, several Israeli high-tech executives argued during “Joint Perspectives – A German-Israeli Summit,” which took place in Berlin on Wednesday. The conference, organized by The Jerusalem Post and WELT, a member of the Axel Springer media […]
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Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe carrying 12% of global container traffic. For the European economy, already skirting a mild recession as it tries to shake off high inflation, prolonged disruption would be […]
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War over Taiwan would have such a cost in blood and money that even those unhappiest with the status quo have reason not to risk it. Bloomberg Economics estimates the price tag at around $10 trillion, equal to about 10% of global GDP – dwarfing the blow from the war in Ukraine, the COVID pandemic, […]
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The Melnick State of the Israeli Economy Index witnessed a decline of 1.4 percent in November 2023, shedding light on the profound impact of the ongoing conflict on economic activities within the business sector. The data underscores a contraction of approximately 2.6 percent in the business sector during the initial two months of the war, […]
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