U.S.-born journalist at Reuters, covering financial, and economic news from Israel (Views expressed are mine and not theirs. Reposts are not endorsements)
Bank of Israel cuts key rate to 3.75% from 4% as expected by Reuters poll, says inflation stable, shekel strong but geopolitical risks remain significant.
🔊 Israel edges closer to a snap election, and while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is down in the polls, @StevenMScheer says don’t count him out, ‘he is a master politician, and he has been down in the polls before’ https://t.co/PxVNtcXbNk
Elon Musk speaks at the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv. It was via video link live from Texas. He spoke about self driving cars, reusable rockets, robots and curing blind people.
Israel may be heading to early elections.
Ofir Katz, the chairman of the coalition, submitted a bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset. According to the proposal, the election date will be determined during the discussions in the Knesset Committee.
My interview with a senior Israel central bank official:
Bank of Israel in no rush to intervene to curb strong shekel, deputy governor says https://t.co/u9leYjuFVN