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1 month ago | 
en.globes.co.il | Douglas A. Irwin |Idan Eretz
"The fifth era of globalization has come to an end," says Douglas Irwin, John French Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College in the US and a leading expert on international trade.
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2 months ago | 
jpost.com | Idan Eretz
Israel’s education system faces a deepening teacher shortage as a program to hire skilled teachers on personal contracts stalls due to union opposition and bureaucratic delays.
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2 months ago | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
Hapoalim chooses Noam Hanegbi as chairman Innoviz teams with Nvidia on perception software Despite an agreement with the Teachers Union, a huge shortage of maths and science teachers, and a flood of candidates, the Education Ministry has yet to hire a single teacher on a personal contract.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
Isracard directors prefer Delek bid Amnon Shashua's AA-I unveils new approach to AI The rate of population growth fell from 1.6% in 2023 to 1.1% in 2024, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports. Israel's population has grown by 1.1% over the past year to just over 10.027 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports. However, 82,700 Israelis left the country during the year as the rate of population growth fell from 1.6% in 2023 to 1.1%.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
In Israel in 2023 there were 1.98 million Israelis living below the poverty line, as defined by the National Insurance Institute, according to the OECD Poverty and Social Gaps Index published today. The rate of poverty in Israel fell very slightly from 20.8% in 2022 to 20.7% in 2023. Relative poverty in Israel is among the worst in the OECD, although it has been on a consistent downward trend for almost a decade.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
Speaking to "Globes" news editor Bar Lavi Bezeq chairman Tomer Raved told the Globes Business Conference about the company’s investment in infrastructure since the start of the war, competition in the telecom market and Israel’s place as a geographical bridge between east and west. Lavi said that while Raved is only 40, he had already closely supported giant companies like Google and Disney and closed deals worth $500 billion. Since 2020 he has been executive chairman of Bezeq, Pelephone and Yes.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
The average gross monthly pay of Israeli employees rose 6.7% to NIS 13,309 in October 2024 in comparison with October 2023, according a flash estimate of the Central Bureau of Statistics. This does however represent a slight fall in comparison with the final figures for September 2024, when the average wage in Israel reached NIS 13,522 monthly. October is generally one of the weakest months for wages.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
More than 250 rockets were launched at Israel yesterday, triggering more than 500 sirens. There were direct hits in Petah Tikva, Kfar Kassem, Nahariya, and Haifa, and several people were injured. The reason for the large salvoes and the hits are the wintry weather, which interferes with the ability of the IDF to spot rocket launches and intercept them, and the extensive arsenal still held by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
Yogev Gradus, head of the Budgets Division of the Ministry of Finance, commented at the Globes Investment Conference on the large challenges that the Israeli economy faces because of the continuing war. Talking to "Globes" macro-economic reporter Oren Dori, Gradus described how the fiscal deficit arising from ballooning defense expenditure was being dealt with, and the difficulty in passing measures to narrow the deficit.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
en.globes.co.il | Idan Eretz
The unemployment rate in Israel in October fell to 2.5%, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports, down from 2.7% in October. Unemployment as defined in the broadest sense including the unemployed, employees put on unpaid leave and those mobilized for army reserve duty also fell to 3.4% (151,000), down 20,000 from September, when the rate was 3.9%. Thus, while the war continues on two fronts, the job market remains tight and at full employment.
