Shekel strengthens ahead of next week’s BoI rate call

Shekel strengthens ahead of next week’s BoI rate call

The shekel was rising today against the dollar and the euro. In inter-bank transactions this afternoon, the shekel exchange rate against the dollar decreased by 0.41%, at 3.646 / dollar, and the shekel price against the euro decreased by 0.90%, at 3.952 shekels / euro.

Yesterday, the Bank of Israel set the representative rate of the shekel against the dollar at 0.356% from Monday, at 3.661 shekels / dollar, and the representative exchange rate between the shekel and the euro was set at 0.552%, at 3.987 shekels / euro.







Next Monday, the Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel, headed by Governor Prof. Amir Yaron, is expected to announce its tenth interest rate hike in just over a year, bringing the interest rate from 4.5% to 4.75%. Any lingering doubts that the Bank of Israel could leave the rate unchanged were dispelled by the much higher-than-expected April Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 0.8%. This means that the annual inflation rate in Israel remains at 5%, higher than in the United States, as the Bank of Israel struggles to tame inflation.

Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on May 17, 2023.

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