Central Bureau of Statistics
Israeli-media coverage mentioning Central Bureau of Statistics, translated into English and compared across sources. 38 recent stories.
Netanyahu Says Government Approved 29 Billion Shekels for Northern Recovery
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has approved 29 billion shekels in decisions for northern Israel and pledged to bring similar recovery to the north. In remarks at the Local Governm…
Israel’s 2025 Budget Gap Nears 100 Billion Shekels as War Costs and Debt Service Rise
Israel ended 2025 with spending of about 650 billion shekels and revenue of about 552 billion, creating a near 100 billion shekel deficit. War costs, rising debt service, and high…
State Comptroller Finds No Organized Plan for Israel’s EV Charging Network
Israel’s State Comptroller says electric-vehicle charging infrastructure is badly behind demand and lacks a clear national plan. The report cites fast EV growth, too few chargers…
Widows Hide New Relationships Over Fear of Losing State Support
A new survey for the Hamaniyot association found widespread financial harm and employment disruption among Israeli widows and widowers raising children. Many widows who begin new…
New quality-of-life ranking places Kfar Saba, Herzliya and Ramat Gan at the top
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released a quality-of-life ranking of cities based on 56 indicators. Kfar Saba, Herzliya and Ramat Gan led the list, while Jerusalem ranked l…
Abortions Requested by 853 Girls Under 19 in 2024, Statistics Office Says
In 2024, 853 girls under 19 in Israel requested abortions, about 6% of all cases, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. The report says overall requests continued a long…
Shekel Weakens as Dollar Rises and Israel Posts First Current Account Deficit Since 2012
The shekel weakened as the dollar rose above 3.98 shekels and the euro approached 3.41. Separately, Israel’s current account fell into a $0.1 billion deficit in Q1 2026, its first…
CBS Says Hundreds of Thousands Returned to Work as Jobless Rate Stayed Low
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics said May 2026 labor data show hundreds of thousands of workers returned to work, while unemployment stayed low at 2.8%. The report also showe…
Brought to Fit One City: How a Tax Break for Beersheba Is Being Tailored
A bill to grant Beersheba residents a 10% tax credit has been postponed in the ministerial committee, while lawmakers also move to expand Golan tax benefits. The article says the…
Doctors Are Buying Pricier Homes Than Tech Workers, Finance Ministry Data Shows
Finance Ministry data says Israeli doctors are buying pricier homes than high-tech workers, contradicting a common salary narrative. The gap appears both in purchase prices and in…
Women Dominate Israeli Academic Degrees Again, With Slight Overall Dip
Women received 63.8% of Israeli academic degrees in 2024/25, according to new CBS data. Total graduates edged down slightly, while teacher training, medicine, and law all posted g…
Finance Ministry Pushes to End National Insurance Discounts for Yeshiva Students and Students
Israel’s Finance Ministry is seeking to eliminate National Insurance discounts for students and yeshiva students, which would raise their monthly payments from 171 shekels to 266…
AI and Tech Profits Push Israel’s Current Account Into Rare Deficit
Israel posted a $0.1 billion current account deficit in Q1 2026, its first since 2012, but the cause was record profits at tech and AI firms, not weak trade. Foreign direct invest…
Voter Turnout, Not Just Swings Between Parties, May Decide Elections
The article says Israeli elections can be decided by turnout, not only by voters switching parties. It highlights sharp participation drops in 2021 in Joint List, Likud and United…
Five-Room Villa in Ofakim Sells for NIS 2.33 Million in Weekly Housing Roundup
Israel’s housing price index fell 0.3% in March-April and 1.3% year over year, according to the CBS. A weekly review of secondhand sales showed the most expensive deal was a five-…
Why a 25% Drop in Land Prices Does Not Point to a Housing Crash
A CBS land index showing a 25% fall since 2022 does not necessarily predict a housing crash, the article argues. It says soaring construction costs, higher financing costs and lon…
May Index Warns of a Hotter Rental Market as Buying Slows and Tech Weakens
A May CBS reading showed a 0.8% monthly jump in housing services, the biggest May increase in 15 years. The article links rising rents to wartime demand, a shortage of protected a…
Transport Minister Pushes to Freeze Fare Indexation Before Elections
Israel’s Transport Ministry says Miri Regev is seeking to end automatic fare indexation for public transport, a move that could freeze prices before the elections. The decision wo…
Housing Starts Rise, but Construction Times Stretch Further
Israel saw more housing permits, starts and completions over the past year, but average building times also lengthened. The Central Bureau of Statistics said the longest delays we…
More Israelis Are Working Well Past Retirement Age, Often Out of Necessity
Many Israelis keep working well past retirement age because their pensions are too small or nonexistent. The article profiles older workers, shows the workforce is growing sharply…
Israel’s New Land Price Index Shows a 25% Drop Since Rate Hikes Began
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics has launched a new annual land price index that will track residential land sold in state tenders and the free market. The index shows land p…
May Inflation Fell, but Many Households Still Felt Higher Prices at the Store
Israel’s CPI fell 0.3% in May, mainly because travel abroad dropped sharply, but many everyday products and services rose. The article says the official decline did not necessaril…
Audit Finds Half a Million Arab Voters Skipped the Last Election
A fact-check on Ahmad Tibi’s claim found that about half a million Arab voters skipping the 2022 election was a plausible figure. The report said the estimate may even be conserva…
Tel Aviv Stocks Fall While U.S. and Europe Hit Records on Iran Deal Optimism
U.S. and European stocks hit new records as optimism grew that a U.S.-Iran deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and push oil prices lower. Tel Aviv fell 3% to 5% over two days in…
Israeli Housing Construction Costs Keep Rising, Pressuring Builders and Buyers
Israel’s residential construction input price index rose 0.6% in May 2026 and 3.5% over the past year. The increase is being driven by war-related labor shortages and higher mater…
Weaker Dollar Pushes More Israeli Manufacturing Abroad
Israeli manufacturers are increasingly moving production abroad as the dollar weakens and wartime disruptions continue. New data show sharp growth in overseas-made exports, while…
Low Inflation Opens the Door to an Unusual Run of Rate Cuts
Israel’s softer-than-expected May inflation data has increased expectations that the Bank of Israel will cut rates, possibly in a rare sequence of three consecutive reductions. Ec…
Report: Reserve Soldiers' Children Are Falling Through the Cracks
A Knesset report says children of reservists are receiving uneven help from schools despite widespread emotional and academic strain. Parents and advocacy groups say support depen…
Revised Growth Data Shows Smaller Contraction, but War’s Economic Cost Remains Clear
Israel’s revised first-quarter 2026 GDP data showed a 3.8% annualized contraction, better than feared but still reflecting a war-hit economy. The article says per-capita output an…
Shlomi Emunim Leader Threatens Attorney General Over Yeshiva Arrests
Meir Porush warned the attorney general over arrests of yeshiva students at a Shlomi Emunim meeting in Beit Shemesh on Tuesday. He urged preparations for large-scale protests and…
Local Authorities Threaten to Halt Classroom Construction Over Hidden Education Funding Report
Israeli local authorities say they will halt new classroom construction unless the Education Ministry and Treasury publish a hidden external report on building costs. They claim a…
Smotrich Urges Bank of Israel to Cut Rates Sharply After Inflation Falls
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron to cut interest rates sharply after May CPI data showed a 0.3% monthly drop and 1.9% annual inflation. Y…
Consumer prices dip in May as home prices fall, rents keep rising
Israel’s consumer price index fell 0.3% in May, keeping annual inflation at 1.9%. Apartment prices declined overall, but rents continued to rise sharply, especially for new tenant…
What the balance of payments says about the shekel
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics is set to publish first-quarter 2026 balance-of-payments data, a report that helps shape the shekel’s direction. The article explains how the…
Inflation Data Due Tonight Could Shape Israel’s Next Rate Decision
Israel’s May CPI is expected tonight, with forecasts centered on a slight decline that could influence the Bank of Israel’s July 6 rate decision. Analysts are weighing disinflatio…
Israeli Home Sales Fell Nearly 30% in April, but Some Cities Kept Rising
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reported that apartment sales fell sharply in April, with 5,120 homes sold, about 29.5% fewer than in March. The decline was broad-based, tho…
Plastic Surgery Tops Israel’s Doctor Pay Rankings, but the Picture Is More Complex
A Finance Ministry study of 4,636 government-hospital specialists found plastic surgery had the highest average annual income in Israel in 2023, at 1.12 million shekels. But the r…
Three-room apartment on under 60 square meters sells for NIS 770,000 in Beersheba
A weekly survey of second-hand home sales shows apartment prices still varying widely across Israel, as the market awaits a new Central Bureau of Statistics housing index on Monda…
