BoI sticks to aggressive tightening, cycle still not over

The Bank of Israel (BoI) hiked interest rates by another 50bp, to 4.25%, today and while it continued to point to signs of slower growth, it sounded more concerned about the strength of inflation than it did at its last meeting. It now looks likely that there will be at least one more rate hike, to 4.50%, in the cycle.

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