Israel deficit at 5.3% of GDP, NIS 16.7 billion surplus since start of 2025, Finance Min. estimates

Jerusalem Post - 10/03
This follows significant tax changes that were implemented at the start of 2025 – one of the measures put in place to contend with the economic impacts of the Israel-Hamas War.

Israel’s accumulated deficit over the last 12 months shrank by 0.4 percentage points and stood at 5.3% of gross domestic product as of February, the Finance Ministry said on Monday in a first est...
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