JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) – Israel’s economy shrank an annualised 3.8% in the first quarter, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, in its third estimate in which growth was hurt by Israel’s war with Iran that ended with a ceasefire in April.
The contraction was unrevised from a prior estimate a month ago.
The economy was hurt by declines in consumer and government spending and exports, which were offset partly by a rise in investment in fixed assets.
Growth is expected to have bounced back in the second quarter, with forecasts that the economy would grow about 4% in 2026.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer, Editing by Louise Heavens)
