Main reports: President Mahmoud Abbas approved the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) budget for 2016 in January. The projected expenditure on public employees’ wages and salaries

Main reports: This month the Palestinian Economic Bulletin interviews H.E. Mr Azzam Shawwa. Mr Shawwa was appointed by President Mahmoud Abbas on November 20 2015

Main reports: The unemployment rate in Palestine was 25.9% in 2015, down one percentage point from the previous year. In 2015, 484,000 guests spent 1,420,000

Main reports: Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, Chairman of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), confirmed plans to establish an electricity generation plant in Jenin. On 2 March

Main reports: Inflation, as measured by the PCBS Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.28% in April 2016 compared to the previous month, while prices were

Main reports: The new Movable Assets Law came into effect on 27 May, establishing a crediting mechanism that could aid in attracting local and foreign

Main reports:Palestine recorded a trade deficit of $1.17bn in Q1 2016 . Al-Haditha, a Jordan- based cement company, has recently finalised procedures for compatibility with

Main reports: The unemployment rate (among labour force participants) in Palestine reached 26.9% in Q2 2016, an increase from 26.6% in Q1 2016 and from

Main reports: On 13 September, the PNA and the GoI signed an agreement to resolve the payment of the accumulated debt of the PNA to

Main reports: The Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) sovereign wealth fund, launched the development of Palestine’s first cement factory, on 1

Main reports: On 30th of October, the village of Jiftlik in the northern Jordan Valley celebrated the launch of Agripal Farm for Fresh Herbs, a

Main reports: This month the Bulletin interviews Mr. Hashim Shawa, Chairman and General Manager of Bank of Palestine (BOP). The National Beverage Company Coca Cola/Cappy