Bank of Israel​

The Banking Supervision Department today submitted its periodic report on the prices of common banking services for households to the Knesset’s Economics Committee. The report is based on data from banks and credit card companies on fees charged during the first half of 2025.

The annual mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opened today (January 25, 2026) its routine discussions on developments in the Israeli economy.

Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Amir Yaron today announced the appointment of Mr. Oren Ariav as Head of the Bank’s Information Technology Department. Mr. Ariav will assume his new role in February. The appointment follows a selection process conducted by a search committee chaired by the Director of the Bank of Israel’s Research Department.

Inflation expectations derived from the capital market are defined as the ratio between the yields on unindexed government bonds and the yields on CPI-indexed government bonds (breakeven inflation).

The Monetary Committee kept the interest rate unchanged at 4.5 percent in its July, August, and September 2025 decisions. In the November 2025 and January 2026 decisions, the Committee reduced the interest rate by 0.25 percentage points in each of the decisions, so that the interest rate ended the reviewed period at 4 percent