Bank of Israel governor warns government over debt

Yaron calls for new committee to determine military budget

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Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron has warned Israeli lawmakers against excessive debt increases, implicitly criticising prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans.

Netanyahu has said his government will raise about $60 billion in debt for the war in Gaza and other military spending. But in a letter dated March 28 to cabinet ministers accompanying the central bank’s 2023 annual report, Yaron called for fiscal restraint.

Yaron said the government should prevent the debt-to-GDP ratio from rising as

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