El Al received the full payment for the plane when the contract was signed in October. In May El Al completed an order for four 777-200Ers from Boeing

The bank decided to lower its export growth forecast in view of the expected recession in Europe and North America, which account for two-thirds of Israel's exports

The shekel was the world's strongest currency against the dollar in the 12 months preceding this summer, when a weak dollar bought as little as 3.22 shekels

The port issued a request asking importers to clear containers due to heavy backlog at the port's container terminal

The meeting was devoted to discussing possible actions by the state to handle the expected slowdown in both the global and Israeli economies

The uncertainty in world economy has led the IMF to cut its global growth projections for 2009 to 3%, the slowest pace since 2002

During September 2008, 1.07 million passengers passed through the Airport. Since the beginning of 2008 8.6 million passengers passed through Ben Gurion

The September CPI follows an unexpectedly high 0.8% increase in August. Inflation so far this year is well above the cabinet and Bank of Israel's target of 1% to 3%