Bank of Israel

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The Bank of Israel is the central bank of the State of Israel, responsible for formulating monetary policy, maintaining financial stability, and managing the country’s currency and foreign exchange reserves.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central bank
public institution
abbreviation BOI
appointedBy government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel
architecturalStyle Brutalism
surface form: Brutalist architecture
buildingLocatedIn West Jerusalem
surface form: Kiryat HaMemshala, Jerusalem
cooperatesWith International Monetary Fund
OECD
World Bank
country Israel
currencyCode ILS
currencyIssued Israeli new shekel
employerOf Governor of the Bank of Israel
established 1954
governingBody Monetary Committee
Supervisory Council
hasDivision Accounting, Payment and Settlement Systems units
banking supervision department
surface form: Banking Supervision Department

Market Operations Department
Research Department
hasWebsite https://www.boi.org.il
headquartersCountry Israel
headquartersLocation Jerusalem
jurisdiction Israel
surface form: State of Israel
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
legalBasis Bank of Israel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bank of Israel Law, 1954

Bank of Israel Law, 2010
mainFunction advising the government on economic policy
formulation of monetary policy
issuing the national currency
maintaining financial stability
maintaining price stability
managing foreign exchange reserves
regulating and overseeing the banking system
memberOf Bank for International Settlements
nativeName Bank of Israel self-linksurface differs
surface form: בנק ישראל
predecessor Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine)
publishes annual report
financial stability reports
inflation reports
statistical data on the Israeli economy
regionServed Israel
responsibleFor foreign exchange market operations
macroprudential policy tools
payment systems oversight in Israel
setting the policy interest rate in Israel
supervises commercial banks in Israel
credit card companies (as part of banking supervision)

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ILS centralBank Bank of Israel
Israeli new shekel centralBank Bank of Israel
Stanley Fischer employer Bank of Israel
ILS issuingAuthority Bank of Israel
Israeli new shekel issuingAuthority Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel legalBasis Bank of Israel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bank of Israel Law, 1954
this entity surface form: Monetary Committee of the Bank of Israel
Bank of Israel nativeName Bank of Israel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: בנק ישראל