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The report of the Adva Center, the center for social democratic policy, shows a surge in socio-economic disparities in the last two years: the education system does not provide solutions for the most vulnerable populations, the accessibility of the weaker sections to health is harmed and significant disparities in the housing market. On the occasion of just over two years since the Corona crisis, the Adva Center publishes its annual report, entitled "The Plague of Inequality Continues." "The corona plague has not yet passed from the world, even though it has been pushed to the margins of...

Data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) indicate that last May 2,180 new apartments were sold, although an increase of 46.8% compared to the low in April 2023 that resulted from the Passover holiday, but excluding seasonality this figure is about 2,230 apartments, a decrease of 7.6% compared to the previous month. Compared to April last year, this is a decrease of a little less than 50%, since the number of new apartments sold this month was about 4,000. The CBS states that an examination of the trend data shows that from August 2021 to May 2023, there was a decrease of...

The number of verified people reached a peak of a month and a half yesterday, the Corona also made a comeback in the Knesset - and now the Ministry of Health is re-launching the information campaign and may postpone the abolition of isolation for verified people. Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who himself was positive about the virus yesterday, convened a discussion with senior officials of his ministry this afternoon (Tuesday) following the increase in morbidity, and it was finally decided that alongside the renewal of the information campaign, the elderly population and people at risk...

The number of job vacancies in April was about 130.3 thousand, and this is again the highest estimate observed since the beginning of the survey in 2009. This is according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. According to the data, along with the broad opening of the economy last month, the number of job vacancies actually continues to rise, with the previous record also recorded in March with about 112,500 job vacancies. According to the data, the vacancy rate in April was 4.86% compared to 4.63% in the previous month. The vacancy rate in the hospitality and food industries...

The unemployment rate decreased slightly in September, along with the typical decrease for the summer months and holidays in the employed rate. However, relative stability has recently been maintained in the field of unemployment in Israel and it continues to be low to a similar extent as it was on the eve of the Corona crisis. The data of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published on Monday shows that the basic unemployment rate in Israel, according to international definitions, reached 3.9% in September, which is 172.8 thousand unemployed - about 7,200 less than in August, when the...

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Economy Minister Orna Barbibai announced on Monday evening that they had agreed on a more moderate and gradual increase in the price of bread. The price of the uniform sliced ​​bread will increase by 5.5% instead of 11% as previously planned. The price of challah will increase by 8% instead of 21% and the price of flat bread will increase by 5% instead of 36%. Another increase in price will take place in the month of December, when the price of the uniform sliced ​​bread and the price of challah will increase as determined by the price committee, while the...

The OECD has published an optimistic forecast according to which the Israeli economy is expected to grow by 5% this year, and by 4.5% in 2022. Although current growth forecasts for the global economy (5.8%) and the countries of the organization (6.3%) are higher than for Israel, it is worth considering two additional data: The decline in Israel's GDP as a result of the corona crisis was lower than in the world and the West Of 3.5% and 4.8% respectively), but the expected growth rate next year is higher in Israel than in the rest of the world and the Western world (as mentioned, an increase...

The Minister of Finance, Avigdor Lieberman, and the Minister of Agriculture, Oded Forer, are promoting a plan to reduce tariffs on fruit, vegetables and eggs, with the aim of opening up the market to imports. The egg industry is currently planned and consumer prices are monitored by the state. There are imports of fruits and vegetables, which usually leads to rising prices. Tomatoes occasionally have duty-free imports to balance market prices when they are high. According to farmers, opening the market to duty-free imports will hurt agriculture in Israel - the heads of the regional councils...

The open banking reform takes effect tomorrow For the first time, customers will be able to transfer banking information to innovative technological entities in a kind of "financial ZAP" that will strengthen customers vis-à-vis banks, promote fintech companies' entry into the market and increase competition in the banking system. One of the significant barriers to increasing competition in the banking system in particular and the financial system in general is the monopoly held by financial entities over the financial information of their customers. The Financial Information Service Law,...