Palestinian Economic Bulletin 2015 Archive

Click here to download Issue 111 - December 2015
  • National Accounts estimates show that Palestinian real GDP reached $7,460m in 2014, a drop of 0.2% compared to 2013

 

  • On 19 November, the Palestinian Minister of Civil...
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Click here to download Issue 110 - November 2015

Main reports include:

Unemployment in Palestine reached 27.4% in Q3 2015, up from 24.8% in the previous quarter and down from 29% in Q3 2014

The World Bank’s Doing Business Report 201...

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Click here to download Issue 109 - October 2015

     

      Main Reports:

  • This month The Bulletin interviews Ms. Ola Awad, President of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Sta...
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Click here to download Issue 108 - September 2015

The Government of Palestine and the IMF issued reports assessing the current state of and prospects for the Palestinian economy

In September, the new Palestinian city of Rawabi welcomed its...

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Click here to download Issue 107 - August 2015

 

Main reports:

  • This month the Bulletin interviews HE Abeer Odeh, who was sworn in as Minister of National Economy in early August. Prior to becoming a Cabinet M...
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Click here to download Issue 106 - July 2015

Main reports include:

  • In Q1 2015, country-level quarterly GDP decreased by 0.8% in real terms from the previous quarter and from Q1 2014. The year-on-year drop was mainly explained by a...
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Click here to download Issue 105 - June 2015

Main Reports:

  • Following some relaxation on restrictions to the exit of goods from Gaza by the Government of Israel, in May 2015 118 truckloads of goods left Gaza, marki...
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Click here to download Issue 104 - May 2015

Main Reports

Latest labour force statistics show a staggering rise in unemployment in the Palestinian economy, from an already very high level of 25.2% in 2013, to 26.9% in 2014. Unemploymen...

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Click here to download Issue 103 - April 2015

 

Main Reports:

  • National accounts estimates for Q4 2014 show that national GDP increased by 6.8% in real terms from the previous quarter, but fell 1.1% year on...
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Click here to download Issue 102 - March 2015

 

Main Reports:

  • The Palestinian National Authority approved an emergency budget to take effect from April 2015. Expenditure has been severely rationalised in res...
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Click here to download Issue 101 - February 2015

 

Main Reports include:

Concerns over Palestine’s precarious fiscal position continue to mount as the Israeli government withheld vital clearance revenues for the sec...

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Click here to download Issue 100 - January 2015

This month The Portland Trust celebrates the 100th issue of the Palestinian Economic Bulletin. This issue includes a message from Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of The Portland Trust, and Dr. Nabeel Ka...

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