Forecast summary | ||||||
(% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||||
2010a | 2011b | 2012b | 2013b | 2014b | 2015b | |
Real GDP growth | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Industrial production growth | 8.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
Gross agricultural production growth | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Unemployment rate (av) | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
Consumer price inflation (av) | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
Consumer price inflation (end-period) | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
Short-term interbank rate | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 |
Government balance (% of GDP) | -3.7 | -2.9 | -1.9 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 0.5 |
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 54.5 | 58.8 | 67.1 | 77.2 | 89.7 | 104.4 |
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 56.0 | 61.9 | 69.3 | 76.6 | 86.6 | 98.9 |
Current-account balance (US$ bn) | 7.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 15.9 |
Current-account balance (% of GDP) | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
External debt (end-period; US$ bn) | 89.2 | 89.6 | 90.2 | 91.7 | 95.9 | 101.2 |
Exchange rate NIS:US$ (av) | 3.73 | 3.63 | 3.71 | 3.72 | 3.66 | 3.59 |
Exchange rate NIS:US$ (end-period) | 3.60 | 3.66 | 3.76 | 3.69 | 3.63 | 3.56 |
Exchange rate NIS:€ (av) | 4.94 | 4.53 | 4.45 | 4.39 | 4.24 | 4.20 |
Exchange rate NIS:¥100 (av) | 4.24 | 4.40 | 4.51 | 4.60 | 4.45 | 4.30 |
a Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. |
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