Israel’s economic slowdown is expected to end gradually, not as the result of any intervention by the Bank of Israel, according to the bank’s annual report on the economy. The bank predicted 2.5 percent growth during the current year, compared to an increase of 2 percent in 1998. The bank also forecast no imminent change in unemployment levels, which stand at 8.6 percent.
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