The currency substitution and indexation infrastructure that has prevailed in Israel for over five decades had its inception before the onset of a major inflationary episode and included only minor and short-lived incidents of outright dollarisation. The present paper suggests that portfolio...

Inflation in Israel has been below the inflation target for over two years now and inflation expectations at short horizons have followed actual inflation to below the target. The low inflation outturns are the result of sharp, negative external and domestic price level shocks, including the...