By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The treasurer described the purchase as “a sound investment.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Bonds leadership approached Israel’s Finance Ministry, requesting a higher goal to secure additional funding necessary to help Israel offset economic challenges expected due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Bank of America Securities, Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Citibank acted as underwriters for the issue.
Israel’s Treasury issued $2 billion worth of 30-year bonds at 3.375%, or 115 basis points more than comparable US Treasury bonds, and an additional $1 billion worth of 10-year bonds at 2.5%, or 68 basis points above the US Treasury’s rates.
Mike Huckabee doesn’t understand why Jews support Obama as “pro-Israel” because he doesn’t understand the psyche of a liberal American Jewish Democrat.
For those Ohioans who prefer that their state get a lower return on investment than tarnish their government dollars by investing in the Jewish State, news of the Israel Bonds purchase was more than they could bear.
The Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt, headed by President Mohammed Morsi, is set to issue “Islamic bonds,” not to be confused with the highly successful Israeli bonds that helped the Jewish state get off it feet after its re-establishment in 1948. Unlike Israel, modern Egypt has been around for a long time, but the Arab […]
Israel Bonds raised $1.1 billion in all of 2011.