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THE MONETARY COMMITTEE


THE MONETARY COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BANK OF ISRAEL LAW, 5770-2010.
THE MONETARY COMMITTEE HAS SIX MEMBERS: THE GOVERNOR, WHO SERVES AS CHAIRPERSON
OF THE COMMITTEE, THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR, AND AN ADDITIONAL BANK EMPLOYEE WHO IS
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE
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THE MONETARY COMMITTEE’S FUNCTIONS ARE:

 * To set policy, including monetary policy, in order to achieve the Bank’s
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 * To decide on actions, pursuant to the Bank of Israel Law, that the Bank must
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 * Any other function assigned to it by the Bank of Israel Law


MEMBERS OF THE MONETARY COMMITTEE


 * PROF. AMIR YARON
   
   Governor


 * MR. ANDREW ABIR
   
   Deputy Governor


 * DR. ADI BRENDER
   
   Director of the Research Department


 * PROF. ZVI HERCOWITZ
   
   Member of the Monetary Committe


 * PROF. NAOMI FELDMAN
   
   Member of the Monetary Committe



ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST RATE DECISIONS

25/11/2024
The Monetary Committee decides on November 25, 2024 to leave the interest rate
unchanged at 4.5 percent

MINUTES OF MEETINGS TO DECIDE ON MONETARY POLICY

15/01/2024
Report on the Bank of Israel’s discussions prior to deciding on the interest
rate 01.01.24
More Information on the Interest rates and Monetary Tools

MONETARY POLICY REPORTS

18/01/2023
Monetary Policy Report Second Half of 2022

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES REPORTS

09/06/2024
Report on the Investment of Israel's Foreign Exchange Reserves in 2023

SUMMARIES OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE MONETARY COMMITTEE

21/08/2024
Report of the Monetary Committee discussion held at the Bank of Israel regarding
management of the foreign exchange reserves




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PROF. AMIR YARON

Governor

Professor Amir Yaron was appointed by the President of Israel as Governor of the
Bank of Israel on December 24, 2018.

He is a world-renowned expert in macroeconomics, monetary economics, finance,
and financial economics.

Prof. Yaron obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Tel Aviv
University, and served as an officer in the unit of the Economic Advisor to the
IDF Chief of General Staff.  He then went abroad, where he obtained a Master's
degree and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.  He is a full professor in the
Finance Department at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania,
where he has held the Robert Morris Chair in Banking. 



Prof. Yaron has served in a number of senior leadership positions in the
academic world:

 * Faculty Research Associate at NBER, and one of its research group heads on
   capital markets and economics.
 * President of the Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial
   Economics (FARFE).
 * Member of the Board of the Western Finance Association.
 * Chairman of SFS Cavalcade.
 * Editor of a number of periodicals.
   
   

His joint study with Ravi Banzal, "Risks for the Long Run: A Potential
Resolution of Asset Pricing Puzzles", referred to in the literature as the
"Bansal-Yaron Model", is one of the leading studies worldwide regarding the
interface between macroeconomics and finance.  The paper was reviewed in the
writings of the Nobel Prize Scientific Committee in 2013, and led to the
Governor winning the prestigious Stephen Ross Award in 2019.



Professor Yaron has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia, MIT, the University of Chicago, Goethe University, the Bank of
Israel, CEMFI-Spain, IIES-Sweden, and the IMF. 

The detailed Governor's Curriculum Vitae 



MR. ANDREW ABIR

Deputy Governor

Mr. Andrew Abir has served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel since
February 2020. He was appointed Deputy Governor by the Israeli Government, on
the recommendation of the Governor of the Bank of Israel, in accordance with the
Bank of Israel Law, 5770–2010. 



Mr. Abir also serves as a member of the Bank of Israel’s Monetary Committee and
Supervisory Council. 

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Governor, Mr. Abir served as the Director of
the Markets Department in the Bank of Israel. 

Mr. Abir has been at the central bank since 1987, initially in the Office of the
Governor, and then moving to the Markets Department in 1992. 



Mr. Abir earned a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford
University, and an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 



 



DR. ADI BRENDER

Director of the Research Department

Dr. Adi Brender replaced Prof. Michel Strawczynski as Director of the Bank of
Israel Research Department and as a member of the Bank of Israel Monetary
Committee on January 1, 2023.   

Prior to his current position Dr. Brender served as Head of the Macroeconomic
and Policy Division in the Bank of Israel’s Research Department. Prior to that,
Brender served as Head of the Fiscal Area in the Research Department. In his
last position at the Research Department he led, among other things, with his
colleagues, the work on the Productivity Report and the economic strategy
document submitted to the Government with its forming. He also contributed
markedly to the Bank’s role as economic advisor to the government, among other
things during the COVID-19 crisis. During the course of his work at the Bank,
Brender has published many research papers, some of them in leading economic
journals, and participated in numerous public and government committees and
joint work teams.

 

Dr. Brender holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in
Economics and Business Administration, with a specialty in marketing, from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned a Doctorate degree from Columbia
University in New York. Before working at the Bank of Israel, he served for 5
years as an economist at the IMF. He lives in Jerusalem, is married and has 2
children.



PROF. ZVI HERCOWITZ

Member of the Monetary Committe

Professor Zvi Hercowitz has served as a member of the Monetary Committee of the
Bank of Israel since October 2017. He was appointed by the Government in
accordance with the Bank of Israel Law, 5770–2010.

Professor Emeritus at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv
University. Prof. Hercowitz has served as a consultant to the Bank of Israel
Research Department, was a guest researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank in the
United States, and has published many articles in the fields of macroeconomics,
monetary policy, and the financial system.



PROF. NAOMI FELDMAN

Member of the Monetary Committe

נעמי פלדמן

מחלקה לכלכלה

האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים

naomi.feldman@mail.huji.ac.il

אתר אישי: naomifeldman.com

 

השכלה

 אוניברסיטת מישיגן, אן ארבור

ד"ר בכלכלה, 2004

MA בכלכלה, 2001

 

אוניברסיטת אילינוי, אורבנה-שמפאין

BA בכלכלה, 1995

ריכוז בספרות ושפה צרפתית

 

תחומי עניין

מימון ציבורי, מיסים, כלכלה התנהגותית

 

ניסיון תעסוקה

2018 -     פרופסור חבר לכלכלה, המחלקה לכלכלה, האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים

2016-18 כלכלנית ראשית, מדור ניתוח פיסקאלי, פדרל ריזרב בורד, וושינגטון די סי.

2017-18 כלכלנית בכירה, מועצת היועצים הכלכליים(CEA) ,משרד ההנהלה של הנשיא,
וושינגטון די סי. (בחל״ת מהפדרל ריזרב בורד).

2014-15 מרצה מין החוץ, המחלקה לכלכלה, אוניברסיטת מרילנד.

2011-2016 כלכלנית בכירה, מדור ניתוח פיסקאלי, פדרל ריזרב בורד, וושינגטון די סי.

2004-11 מרצה (מסלול קביעות), המחלקה לכלכלה, אוניברסיטת בן -גוריון, באר שבע.

2008 פרופסור אורח, בית הספר למדיניות ציבורית והמחלקה לכלכלה, אוניברסיטת מישיגן,
אן ארבור.

2004יועצת (מחקר בנושא מס חברות בינלאומיות), אגף הערכה ואסטרטגיה מוניטרית, בנק
אנגליה, לונדון, בריטניה.

פעילויות מקצועיות

2021 - עורכת בכתב העת הכלכלי American Economic Journal: Economic Policy