Cost of living in israel

The number left out of the CPI, but weighing on almost every household

A Taub Center study shows the Consumer Price Index does not fully reflect the cost of living. The interest on mortgages and credit burdens households, yet is excluded from the calculation.

Credit card payment.
A NIS 577.18 gap for the exact same shopping basket.

Where will you find the cheapest Rosh Hashanah shopping basket?

People stand at the departure gate of an airport.

Men more likely than women to say Israel challenges cause them to consider emigration - poll

Sheep's milk cheeses.

The market is open for competition: The move expected to lower sheep cheese prices


Cosmetics competition reform will open market, lower prices - Health Ministry

The ministry said it is reducing the regulatory burden in the field while protecting public health from cosmetics that could be harmful to health.

 Illustrative image of makeup.

Cost of living in Israel, Palestinian territories continues to climb

The rapid increase in the cost of living will push the most vulnerable households in thePalestinian Authority further into poverty and weaken their ability to access sufficient food.

 Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.

Grapevine: Uncut cord

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

THE COURTYARD of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem.

VAT exemption for online shopping gains support amid cost of living crisis

As part of the steps required to curb the cost of living in Israel, the State Comptroller recommended expanding the VAT exemption for internet shopping from abroad.

 Online shopping illustrative.

Israeli apartment rents rising at fastest rate since 2008

Inflation is another factor pushing up rents, with a clear pattern of substantial rent increases emerging.

 A sign reading "for rent" outsdie a former shop in central  Tel Aviv, on August 26, 2020

Smotrich unveils Israel's state budget, economic plan to fight inflation

Finance minister: “The daycare centers will not be more expensive for parents by one shekel, we will absorb the costs."

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a conference of the Religious Zionist Party, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2023.

Knesset holds session to approve state funding on both of Netanyahu's private residences

Shouting matches broke out almost immediately as opposition MKs charged the committee for not caring about the cost of living crisis faced by millions of Israelis.

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Protesters prepare as Knesset readies to bring judicial reform to vote

Bezalel Smotrich: "I am telling you that the person who is to blame for preventing dialogue on the reform is one person, opposition leader Yair Lapid."

 An aerial view shows the massive protest on Monday in Jerusalem. A compromise is only possible the moment both sides want it.

Letters to the Editor February 15, 2023: Sore losers

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Costco invited to open up in Israel by Finance Minister Smotrich

Will Costco be the latest international chain to enter Israel's retail market?

 People form a long queue as they wait for the Costco wholesalers to open in Manchester, Britain March 15, 2020.