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, April 2020

07/05/2020 | Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of April 2020 stood at $133,539 million, an increase of $7,594 million from their level at the end of the previous month. The reserves represent 33.8 percent of GDP (Figure 1).

Israel’s foreign currency market in the first quarter of 2020

27/04/2020 | During the course of the first quarter, the shekel weakened by approximately 3.2 percent against the dollar, and by 0.6 percent against the euro.

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