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BOI headline rate of interest, interest rate central bank of Israel
Charts - historic BOI interest rates
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Bank of Israel (BOI)
The central bank of Israel is the Bank of Israel (BOI). Some of the main tasks of the Israeli central bank are:
- shaping the monetary policy;
- managing the national foreign currency reserves;
- taking care of the stability of financial markets;
- to act as a bank for the government;
- issuing the Shekel, the national currency.
The monetary policy of the BOI is focused on maintaining price stability which allows for a climate of sustainable economic growth. Price stability is reflected in inflation level objective. For an overview of current inflation in Israel, click here. To achieve this objective the Bank of Israel is determining the level of the short term interest rate.
Cash rate target
When reference is made to the Israeli interest rate this often refers to the Israeli headline rate of interest, or headline rate of interest. The headline rate of interest is a commercial benchmark for banks and is announced monthly. Changing the headline rate of interest, the Bank of Israel (BOI) is trying to influence the money market interest rate and general price level and therefore the inflation. Most of the time, changes to the headline rate of interest do affect the interest rates of mortgages, loans and savings accounts directly.
This page shows the current and historic values of the BOI headline rate of interest.
For a summary of the current interest rates of a large number of central banks please click here.
Tables - current and historic interest rates of the central bank of Israel
BOI latest interest rate changes
| january 23 2012 |
2.500 % |
| november 28 2011 |
2.750 % |
| september 26 2011 |
3.000 % |
| may 23 2011 |
3.250 % |
| march 28 2011 |
3.000 % |
| february 21 2011 |
2.500 % |
| january 24 2011 |
2.250 % |
| september 27 2010 |
2.000 % |
| july 26 2010 |
1.750 % |
| march 28 2010 |
1.500 % |
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