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The Central Bureau of Statistics today publishes an amazing statistic regarding the number of vacancies in the economy. According to the CBS, the number of job vacancies was about 112.5 thousand jobs in March, which is the highest estimate observed since the beginning of the survey in 2009. The highest estimate so far was 106.5 in May 2017. The vacancy rate for March is 4.43% compared to the average vacancy rate of 3.59% in 2019 and 2.47% in 2020. There has been an increase in the number of job vacancies in all sectors of the economy surveyed compared to the 2020 average, and the most...

The deficit in September continued to decline in September and amounted to NIS 6 billion. In the last 12 months, the deficit has fallen to 7.4% of GDP. State revenues since the beginning of the year amounted to NIS 295 billion, while state expenditures amounted to NIS 346.7 billion. The deficit shrank mainly due to the sharp 26% increase in state revenues in the first three quarters of the year. State revenues from the beginning of 2021 on taxes have jumped by 19.7%, with the sharpest increase (26.3%) recorded in direct taxes. At the same time, "other income" was recorded for the state,...

The chief economist at the Ministry of Finance, Shira Greenberg, undermines the Ministry of Housing's hopes that the prices of apartments in the free market will be curbed following the renewal of subsidized housing tenders.The increase in apartment seekers in the free market has led to an increase in general demand and an increase in apartment prices. This claim was also influenced by contractors and apartment marketers and was quoted extensively in the media. Accordingly, the Ministry of Housing argued that the resumption of lottery operations would return those eligible to the waiting...

The defense establishment has announced that it has successfully completed a series of experiments in a target interception system using a powerful laser. The experiments have taken place in recent weeks in an experimental field in the south of the country, in which the ground laser system intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles, shrapnel, rockets and anti-tank missiles in various scenarios. Israel is the first country in the world to present experimental results demonstrating operational capabilities for laser interception. During the experiment, the developers imagined the launches over...

An Israeli cargo ship was attacked in the Persian Gulf, near the UAE port of Fujairah, according to a report in Lebanon. According to the report, this is a ship carrying cars called the "Ray Canopy", which made its way from Kuwait to the Emirates, waving the Bahamas flag. The ship, owned by Israeli businessman Rami Unger, was hit by missile fire - and the damage caused to it is defined as light. Following the injury, she was forced to enter the port area of ​​the UAE and perform damage control. Media close to the Iranian regime reported that the damage to the ship occurred after a 48-hour...

The scope of the use of digital wallets and smart watches reached a peak of NIS 3.2 billion in May: 2.7 times compared to its scope in May 2022, according to SBA data, which develops and manages the national credit card payment system in Israel. Two years ago, in May 2021, Apple Pay entered Israel and was the first international company operating in the field. In the months before that, a number of local digital wallets were operating, but the scope of use was only tens of millions, and when Apple Pay was introduced, the scope of use was only 150 million shekels

Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman begins work. The Minister announced today (Wednesday) that he is returning the criterion for maximizing earning capacity in order to receive a subsidy in day care centers worth approximately NIS 1,800 per child. It will be recalled that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid introduced this section when he served as Minister of Finance, but immediately after he ended his term, this section was repealed so that ultra-Orthodox families were no longer required to go to work to receive the subsidy. In order to encourage integration in the employment market, the Minister...

The report of the Wage Commissioner relating to the health system in 2020 reflects well not only the main health development of that year - the corona plague - but sheds light on the structural problems of the most complex system in the public sector. The clear conclusion from 2020 is that the Israeli government has significantly increased Not only the number of employees in the system but also their salaries. In other words, the government has significantly increased inputs to health. The corona has only increased the jump, as the trend is clear when looking at the system over a period...

Severe increase in unemployment and the number of unemployed in the background of the second closure and intentions to extend it until the end of October: From the last report of the Employment Service yesterday until this morning at 7:00, 14,723 new jobseekers were registered. A total of 909,460 jobseekers are currently registered with the employment service, of which 572,908 are on unpaid leave. Since September 17, 2020, the day before New Year's Eve and the entry of restrictions, 178,020 jobseekers have been registered with the Employment Service - 162,858 of them due to leaving the...

HMOs are starting to vaccinate against influenza viruses as early as next week, when new US flu vaccines have been released in the US ahead of a severe winter that could lead to a double wave of flu and corona flu. The World Health Organization states based on the monitoring of morbidity in the southern hemisphere that precedes the flu in the northern hemisphere, which shows that the common strains are similar to those of the last two years. This year, injectable vaccines (containing killed virus particles) intended for those aged six months and older at all ages, and spray vaccines...