Did You Know? Israeli Economy Ready to Roar

Israel’s economy is “ready to roar,” according to analysts from influential investment banking firm Barclays Capital. Finding that Israel passed through the global recession with only light damage, the analysts expect Israel’s real GDP to grow by 2.9 percent in 2010 and by 3.1 percent in 2011, with gross public debt falling to 76 percent of GDP in 2010, and 74.3 percent of GDP in 2011. Read more in this BusinessWeek report.