Bank of Israel - Markets

One of the Markets Department's main functions is to implement monetary policy. The Bank of Israel has several tools which it uses so that the rate of inte... More about Tools for Implementing Monetary Policy …

The Foreign Exchange Market and Reserves

The functions if the Market Operations Department include holding and managing the country's foreign exchange reserves, regulation of foreign-currency trad... More about The Foreign Exchange Market and Reserves …

Press Releases

Foreign Exchange Reserves at the Bank of Israel, December 2021

06/01/2022 | Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of December 2021 stood at $213,029 million, an increase of $4,259 million from their level at the end of the previous month. The level of the reserves relative to GDP was 46.6 percent (Figure 1).

Israel’s foreign currency market in the third quarter of 2021

08/12/2021 | During the course of the third quarter, the shekel strengthened by approximately 1 percent against the dollar, and approximately 3.6 percent against the euro, in line with the long-term trend.

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