Karnit Flug
Karnit Flug joins Israel Democracy Institute as VP of research
Flug has spent almost her entire career at the Bank of Israel, previously serving as deputy governor and director of the bank’s research department.
Dr. Karnit Flug to conclude term as Bank of Israel governor
Interest rate remains unchanged in Flug’s last committee meeting
Deja vu: Will the Flug farce be repeated?
Bank of Israel introduces banking ‘ID cards’ to boost competition
Bank of Israel introduces banking ‘ID cards’ to boost competition.
Flug: Despite faults, gas outline is best chance to develop Israel's reservoirs
Former antitrust commissioner: Monopoly may be overpowering policymakers
Flug lays out her guideline for next gov’t to lower cost of living
Rivlin calls on the Knesset and the incoming government to formulate and pass the budget as quickly as possible.
Exporters request gov't help over weak Euro
There are few policy tools left available to the Bank of Israel at a time when so many other countries are conducting aggressively expansionist monetary policy.
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Bank of Israel lowers interest rate to record .1%
Although the shekel is far weaker than it was last summer, having depreciated 10.4 percent between August and December against a basket of currencies, it has appreciated 7.6% since December.
Karnit Flug, the woman in charge
In one of her first newspaper interviews since taking office, BoI Governor Flug discusses the economy, explains why being a woman has never been an issue for her in this male-dominated field.
Bank of Israel supervisor Zaken to step down in June
New rules limiting banking fees go into effect on Sunday.
Grapevine: Tel Aviv baby boom
Tel Aviv City Council member Karnit Goldwasser gave birth to a girl at Ichilov Hospital.
Flug hints interest rates may drop
For the past two months, BoI has put the interest rate at .25%, the lowest it’s ever been, in order to battle sluggish inflation, weaken the shekel, and give the moderating economy a shot in the arm.
Central Bureau of Statistics sees Israeli economic growth at five-year low of 2%
Bank of Israel keeps interest rate at record-low of .25%.
New Israeli 50 shekel bill to go into circulation Tuesday
President Rivlin and Prime Minister Netanyahu are presented the new bill by Bank of Israel Governor Flug.
