Israel’s economy is seen as a better investment than a year ago. In its annual analysis of investment risk in emerging markets, the Economist magazine this week said Israel ranked eighth of 29 countries, Ha’aretz reported. Rated on a 100-point scale with zero being safest and 100 riskiest, Israel scored about 37, down from nearly 45 one year ago, an Economist chart showed.
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