Jerusalem, 16 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Bank of Israel reported that the Israeli economy’s outstanding liabilities to abroad increased by approximately $54.6 billion (about 10%) in the second quarter of 2025, to about $609 billion at the end of the quarter. Nonresidents continued to make net investments in Israel, mainly in direct investments (primarily in undistributed profits) and other investments. At the same time, the prices of Israeli securities held by nonresidents increased.

Also, in the second quarter of 2025, the balance of assets held abroad by Israeli residents increased by approximately $61.5 billion (about 7.8%), to about $852 billion at the end of June. The increase was mainly due to net investments abroad by Israeli residents and an increase in the prices of foreign securities held by Israeli residents, said the Bank.

The surplus of assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad increased during the second quarter of 2025 by $7 billion (2.9%), to about $244 billion at its end.

The surplus of assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad in debt instruments alone (negative net external debt) increased by about $16 billion (5.3%) during the second quarter, to approximately $312 billion at the end of second quarter.

The ratio of gross external debt to GDP (in dollar terms) increased by about 1.4 percentage points in the second quarter, to about 28.7% at the end of June.

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