BOI will purchase $3.5 billion in 2014 to offset the effect of gas production on the exchange rate

The Bank of Israel will purchase $3.5 billion in 2014 within the framework of the program to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate.

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The Bank of Israel, as it announced on May 13, 2013, will purchase foreign exchange in coming years in line with the estimated effect of natural gas production on the balance of payments. The Bank’s assessments of the total impact on the balance of payments resulting from natural gas production and the foreign exchange purchases will be updated periodically and reported to the public.

The Bank of Israel projects that the overall effect of natural gas production on the balance of payments in 2014 will be $3.5 billion, and it will purchase foreign currency during 2014 accordingly.

 

As noted in the past, this purchase program is an additional instrument of the Bank of Israel’s monetary policy and of exchange rate policy which is consistent with it. As in the past, the Bank of Israel will continue to operate in the foreign exchange market in situations of exchange rate fluctuations which are not in line with fundamental economic conditions or when the foreign exchange market is disorderly.