The Treasury printed another seven billion Shekels last month, bringing to 13 billion Shekels the amount of new currency printed since April. In making the announcement, however, the Treasury promised not to exceed the 70 billion Shekels expected to be printed up to the end of the current fiscal year, a factor that contributes to the country’s galloping inflation.
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