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Global Economic Crisis and the Israeli Economy Herzliya conference Dr. Karnit Flug Research Director, Bank of Israel Feb

Global Economic Crisis and the Israeli Economy Herzliya conference Dr. Karnit Flug Research Director, Bank of Israel February 2009. Global Economic Crisis. Annual Growth Rates 2007-2010F. Source: International Monetary Fund – World Economic Outlook. Forecast of World Economic Activity in 2009.

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Global Economic Crisis and the Israeli Economy Herzliya conference Dr. Karnit Flug Research Director, Bank of Israel Feb

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  1. Global Economic Crisis and the Israeli EconomyHerzliya conferenceDr. Karnit FlugResearch Director, Bank of IsraelFebruary 2009

  2. Global Economic Crisis

  3. Annual Growth Rates2007-2010F Source: International Monetary Fund – World Economic Outlook

  4. Forecast of World Economic Activity in 2009 Source: IMF – World Economic Outlook

  5. Indexed Price of Goods Excluding Oil and the Price of Oil 2004 – 2009 (daily data) מדד • Price of Oil • (Left Axis) Indexed Price of Goods Excluding Oil (Right Axis) Source: Bloomberg

  6. Index of Consumer Confidence in the U.S. and Israel (100 = 2000 ,-2008 2000)

  7. The Share Markets: Israel, the US and the Emerging Markets,(1/6/2006=100, 01/06/2006 – 28/01/2009) EM (EMERGING MARKETS) Israel (Tel Aviv 100) NASDAQ

  8. Israel 5 year Credit Default Swap and EMBI+ 6/2003 - 01/2009 654 200

  9. Factors Contributing to the Exposure/Vulnerability of the Israeli Economy to the Crisis. • The Israeli economy is highly integrated in the global economy. • Being a small open economy, growth is highly dependent on exports, particularly high tech. A large percentage of the high tech exports are to the U.S. which is at the epicenter of the crisis. • Structural changes in the financial system caused the rapid expansion of non-bank credit which contracted sharply as a result of the global financial crisis. • High debt-to-GDP ratio increases vulnerability and limits the scope for counter-cyclical fiscal policy.

  10. Factors Increasing the Resilience of the Israeli Economy • High households savings ratio reduces the dependence of private consumption on credit availability. • Current account surplus and positive net asset position on the external account. • High (and rising) foreign exchange reserves. • Conservative banking system: Relatively high capital adequacy ratio and low rate of non-performing loans at the onset of the crisis. • No bubble in the real estate market.

  11. The Israeli Economy

  12. Weighted Net Average of all Activity in the Business Sector by Industry

  13. Macro Economic Forecast

  14. GDP Growth(1990-2010*) 8.9 7.1 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.2 4.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 0.4- 2.3 0.6- -0.2 • SOURCE: Based on Central Bureau of Statistics data. *BOI Forecast

  15. Growth Factor Decomposition (Annual Percent Changes)2000-2008 * Estimate for 2008 based on the first three quarters.

  16. Current Account of Balance of Paymentsas Percentage of GDP, 1995-2010* (Annual) * BOI Forecast • SOURCE: Balance of Payments, Central Bureau of Statistics.

  17. Employment and Unemployment Rates 2000 – 2010* % % *Bank of Israel forecasts

  18. Macro Economic Policy

  19. Budget Deficit*(Percentage of GDP, 2000-2009**) % *Percent of GDP; excluding credit extended. The data from 2000 refer to the deficit excluding the Bank of Israel’s profits. **BOI forecast for 2009 is based on the budget that has been approved by the government.

  20. Gross Public Debt(2000-2009*, percentage of GDP) % *Bank of Israel Forecasts

  21. Inflation Over the Past 12 Months, Inflation Targets and Inflation Expectations from the Capital Market2001-2009.1 10 Year Expectations 1 Year Inflation Expectation Actual Inflation

  22. Interest Rates of the Bank of Israel, the Fed and the European Central Bank (2005-2009) % *12 month rates, derived from the capital market

  23. Thank You

  24. The Nominal and the Real Exchange Rate2009 -1997 NIS Shekel / Dollar Exchange Rate 01/01/1997-31/01/2009 The Real Exchange Rate by Trading Partners (100=01/1997, 01/1997-01/2009) 114.4 • A rise in the index indicates depreciation. • The figure for January 2009 is calculated from spot exchange rates known for the half-month, our forecast CPI from the monthly model, and an extrapolation of inflation in the countries whose currencies are in the currency basket. • SOURCE: IFS data. For October 2008 to January 2009, Bank of Israel calculations. *The Nis/$ chart is on a daily basis, while the real exchange rate chart is on a monthly basis.

  25. Financial Constraints According to Industry Weight in the Business Sector Scale of the severity of the constraint ranges from 0-4. 0 – No constraint 4 – Finance is a major constraint on expansion

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