Economic Research: International Economic Outlook: The Strong Shekel Presents Israel's Economy With A New Test Jun 10

Standard & Poors, June 2010

Abstract
Israel is emerging from the global recession faster than many other countries, although it's now struggling to contain inflationary pressures. Exports, especially to the U.S. and Europe, are crucial to the country's future growth. However, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services considers that the outlook for export revenues, which consistently provide over 40% of GDP, is complicated by the austerity measures being put in place by Israel's trading partners. Preliminary figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) indicate that growth in Israel's economy slowed in the first quarter of 2010. GDP rose by just 2.0% year-on-year in Q1 2010, compared with 4.6% in Q4 2009. We attribute this decline to the 7.3% fall in exports of goods and services,...

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