BOI Economic Data
Verified92/100Fetch and analyze Bank of Israel (BOI) economic data: interest rates, CPI (madad hamchirim), exchange rates (sha'ar yatzig), and CBS statistics. Use when user asks about BOI interest rate, exchange rates, CPI index, or Israeli economic indicators. Foundation skill for Israeli financial analytics. Do NOT use for stock market data (use tase-stock-analysis instead) or for currency conversion (use shekel-currency-converter instead).
Trust score 92/100 (Verified) · 119+ installs · 3 GitHub contributors · MIT license
Bank of Israel economic data, such as interest rates, CPI figures, and exchange rates, is essential for business and financial decision-making. However, accessing this data requires navigating the Bank of Israel API, which is not always intuitive, and the data comes in formats that require processing before it can be used effectively.
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Developers? Install via command line (CLI)
npx skills-il add skills-il/tax-and-finance@v1.3.0-boi-economic-data --skill boi-economic-data -a claude-codeWhen to Apply
- When the user asks for the current Bank of Israel interest rate, ribit Bank Israel, or the next Monetary Committee decision
- When the user needs the representative exchange rate (sha'ar yatzig) for USD, EUR, or other foreign currencies for taxes, contracts, or financial reporting
- When the user wants to compute a CPI-linked rent, alimony, or contract adjustment (tzmud madad)
- When the user asks about Israeli inflation expectations, government bond yields, or monetary aggregates
- When you need a foundation building block before a more specific Israeli financial workflow (mortgage analysis, indexed bond pricing, salary indexation)
Try These Prompts
What is the current Bank of Israel interest rate and how has it changed over the last 12 months?
What is the current CPI index and what is the annual inflation rate in Israel?
What are the official Bank of Israel exchange rates for USD, EUR, and GBP today?
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Corrected the BOI representative-rate publication schedule to Monday-Friday (Mon-Thu ~15:30, Fri ~12:30) after the Israeli financial week moved to Mon-Fri in January 2026: the weekend is now Saturday-Sunday and the fallback rate is Friday, not Thursday. Also fixed the script fallback weekday bug.
Jul 19, 2026
v1.2.0: fixed the broken Bank of Israel API path (the old sdmx/v2/data/dataflow path returned 404). The working path is ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/data with EXR/RER_USD_ILS for exchange rates, BIR for interest, and PRI for CPI. Fixed the helper script (correct XML parsing + browser User-Agent), aligned the publication time to 15:30, and refreshed the example exchange rates.
Jun 7, 2026
Added Reference Links section with 4 official sources (BOI, edge.boi.gov.il, press releases, CBS CPI) and brought HE description to EN-depth parity.
May 5, 2026
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