Bank of Israel​

Remarks by the Governor of the Bank of Israel at the press briefing on monetary policy held today at the Bank of Israel

Research Department Staff Forecast, January 2026

The inflation environment has moderated. The Consumer Price Index for November declined by 0.5 percent, and annual inflation is 2.4 percent.

In the third quarter of 2025, the balance of nonfinancial private sector debt (both business and household) increased by approximately 2.6 percent to a level of NIS 2.4 trillion, continuing the increase from previous quarters.

In the third quarter of 2025, the balance of the public’s financial assets portfolio increased by approximately NIS 265.1 billion (4 percent), to about NIS 6.9 trillion.