The Palestinian Economic Bulletin is published monthly by Portland.
This authoritative guide to the Palestinian economy, prepared by MAS, the leading economic research institute in the field, is used by business, academic, financial and economic development institutions around the world, provides a snapshot of GDP and economic activity, employment, public finances and aid, inflation, banking, trade, tech, tourism and other sectors and the performance of the Palestinian stock market and leading Palestinian companies.
April 2022
On 31 March, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, approved the public budget for the 2022 fiscal year with a deficit estimated at $1.1bn, a 30% decrease compared to 2021. On March 29 the Palestinian Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) held a roundtable meeting to discuss its paper
Recent Issues
April 2022
On 31 March, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, approved the public budget for the 2022
March 2022
On 9 February, the World Bank published its assessment of the Palestinian digital economy. In
February 2022
On 17 January 2022, the Palestinian Council of Ministers established a special unit to manage
January 2022
On 30 December 2021, a draft of the new companies’ law was published in the Palestinian
December 2021
As Palestinians lit the Christmas tree outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on 4 December,
November 2021
On 3 November, the EU provided $18.8m to help the PNA pay October’s salaries and
October 2021
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has resorted to arrears accumulation to manage the ongoing budget
September 2021
Hussein Al-Sheikh, Head of the Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority, announced on 31 August that the
August 2021
Public revenues increased by 29.4% in the first half of 2021 compared to the corresponding period