Bank of Israel
Israeli reserves grow marginally in October
Portfolio grows due to FX purchases and government transfers from abroad
People: Iceland’s central bank makes senior appointments
New legal head at Bank of Finland, and Bank of Israel appoints spokesperson and IT chief
The winners of the 2020 FinTech and RegTech Global Awards
Central banks and their partners have innovated across machine learning, cloud services, payments and more
Bank of Israel increases size of QE programme
Yaron calls on government to act on worsening economic outlook as Israel suffers “second wave”
Israeli reserves fall in September
Portfolio shrinks for the first time in 2020, falling by 0.7% due mainly to falls in equities
Israeli reserves reach new record high
Central bank foreign exchange purchases to finance the government deficit in 2020 partly account for increase
Bank of Israel’s bond purchases are working – deputy governor
Andrew Abir says corporate bond purchases have eased conditions for non-financial firms
Covid-19 hampering high-tech development in Israel – BoI research
Pandemic exposes risk of overreliance on international financing in a key economic sector
Yaron supports Israel’s increased fiscal stimulus
Package could push budget deficit to 13% of GDP in 2020
Bank of Israel launches corporate bond purchases
Central bank also extends cheap funding for bank lending
Have equities passed the Covid-19 test?
Reserve managers face major rebalancing and asset allocation challenge
Israeli governor reflects on response to Covid-19
Bank of Israel started government bond purchases and dollar-shekel swaps to boost liquidity
Reserve managers ‘unprepared’ for home trading
Covid-19 presented reserve managers with unprecedented business continuity challenges
People: Former BoC governor Poloz joins board of energy firm
Haldane gets third time on Bank of England MPC; Bank of Israel director general steps down; and more
Bank of Israel investigates carbon pricing
NGFS says global economy needs “green recovery” from pandemic
Israeli reserves rise 6.7% in May to new record
Portfolio boosted by government transfers from abroad and FX purchases
The complex art of reserve management
Lockdown represents another inflection point for central banks managing $12 trillion in FX reserves
Israel holds as exchange rate hampers exports and inflation target
Central bank left rates unchanged at 0.1%; government bond purchases support financial stability
Bank of Israel reserves rise by 5.6% in April
Government transfers from abroad boost central bank’s reserves portfolio by almost $6.5 billion
Israeli reserves fall sharply on dollar liquidity provision
Central bank’s portfolio decreases by $5.1 billion in March
Bank of Israel launches targeted lending operations
Central bank offers cheap loans to banks as part of Covid-19 response package
ECB asks eurozone banks to stop dividends
Bank of Israel also asks banks to reassess the distribution of dividends
Bank of Israel to buy $13bn in government bonds
Central bank also supplying $15bn to banking sector to meet “very high” demand
Dollar crunch eases as central banks step up swaps action
Core swap recipients will offer daily dollar auctions; cross-currency basis narrows