OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann visited the Bank of Israel today with some of his staff.  As part of the visit, the Secretary General held a meeting with Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Amir Yaron, and a professional discussion was then held between the Secretary General and his staff and the Governor and other senior officials at the Bank.  Among other things, they discussed the close relations between Israel and the OECD, how the economic ramifications of the COVID-19 crisis are being handled, and economic insights from a forward-looking perspective.​