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Israel economy shrinks for first time in more than 5 years

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 16, 2014 14:47

Israel's economy contracted for the first time in more than five years in the third quarter, as growth was hit by the effects of a war with Islamist militants in Gaza.

Gross domestic product fell 0.4 percent in the July-September period, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. It was the first quarterly decline since a 0.2 percent drop in the first three months of 2009, at the outset of the global financial crisis.

Growth for all of 2014 is projected at 2.2 percent, with Israel's 50-day war in July and August having shaved off about half a percentage point.

Third-quarter GDP was forecast to have dipped 0.1 percent, according to a Reuters poll of analysts.

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