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.

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Dr. Karnit Flug to conclude term as Bank of Israel governor

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Interest rate remains unchanged in Flug’s last committee meeting

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Deja vu: Will the Flug farce be repeated?


Fiscal balancing

In the final analysis, Flug has shown that she essentially subscribes to the groupthink of her counterparts abroad.

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Productivity and poverty

The working poor are a symptom of much larger and more pervasive economic ills plaguing our country.

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Bank of Israel governor says number of working poor on the rise

Though labor participation and employment levels are at record highs, the overall poverty level has remained stable at around 20%.

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Israel's unemployment rate tumbles to 5.9%

Exports rose by an annualized 2.7% from August to October, following 9.8% drop in previous quarter.

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Lapid, Bennett split on intervening against lay-offs

Business headlines have been dominated in recent weeks by news of significant layoffs from major companies in Israel.

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Flug: Unemployment expected to rise

The jobless rate will likely come up from its 20-year low of 6.1% in the third quarter.

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Karnit Flug officially sworn in as Bank of Israel Governor

At ceremony, Flug reveals personal details, tells how her parents survived Holocaust, moved to Israel from Poland when she was 3.

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Ten important things you need to know about the Israeli currency

Bank Hapoalim’s Economics Department manager Victor Bahar offers 'The Jerusalem Post' 10 facts on Israel’s currency, the New Israeli Shekel, to put it all in perspective.

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Flug: Increased inequality tied to flexibility in labor market

Taub Center for Social Policy analysis finds ‘middle class’ jobs are disappearing.

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Flug: Israel must deal with discrimination against Arabs or suffer economic consequences

Incoming BoI Governor makes first public speech since nomination.

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