{"id":27366,"date":"2025-07-16T14:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=27366"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:02:43","slug":"israeli-resilience-shines-as-economy-booms-amid-regional-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-resilience-shines-as-economy-booms-amid-regional-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Resilience Shines, as Economy Booms Amid Regional Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ruchir Sharma, Chairman of Rockefeller International, published a comprehensive article this past Monday in the Financial Times, analyzing the unusual surge in the Israeli stock market against the backdrop of the war with Iran. According to him, while most experts feared a widening regional conflict, &#8220;the stock market continued to signal that the conflict would soon end, with Israel emerging victorious both militarily and economically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An 80% Recovery<\/strong><br \/>\nSharma noted that the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has recovered by about 80% since the October 7 attacks \u2013 an unprecedented figure worldwide during this period. &#8220;Despite international criticism of Israel over its military operations from Gaza to Iran, a wave of foreign buying fueled the rally in its stock market,&#8221; he said. According to him, the markets are sending a clear message: Israel is not only militarily strong but also a technological economic powerhouse \u2013 and the only country in the region to have reached developed-market status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Advanced Capital Market<\/strong><br \/>\nSharma emphasized that Israel is the only country in the Middle East to have crossed two rare milestones: it has been classified as a developed economy by the International Monetary Fund and recognized as an advanced capital market by MSCI \u2013 the world\u2019s most prestigious financial classification. &#8220;Out of approximately 200 countries, only about 40 are defined as developed economies, and even fewer achieve advanced financial-market status,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27368\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27368\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2406727785-2048x1536.jpg.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Building | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Income Per Capita Has Tripled<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;While in most countries in the region income per capita has stagnated for decades, in Israel it has almost tripled since 2000 \u2013 the result of a technology-driven economy, not oil,&#8221; Sharma said. This transformation, he explained, was driven by deep economic reforms, consistent investment in human capital, and the integration of innovation across all sectors \u2013 from productivity growth to technology exports that are propelling the economy forward.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Sharma wrote: &#8220;Markets are not guided by emotion \u2013 they identify reality. And in their view, Israel is clearly the Middle East\u2019s economic winner.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article published in the Financial Times states that Israel is the Middle East\u2019s outstanding economic winner, with its capital market surging by 80% since October 7 despite missile attacks and a prolonged war. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,85],"tags":[1831,2397,2218,6772],"class_list":["post-27366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-positive-moment","tag-israeli-economy","tag-middle-east","tag-resilience","tag-stock-market"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Resilience Shines, as Economy Booms Amid Regional Turmoil - 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