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        11/19/2009, Kislev 2, 5770

      OECD Slams Fischer Foreign Currency Policy


      The Organization for Cooperation and Development has slammed the Bank of Israel's policy of purchasing dollars in order to shore up the foreign currency rate over the past year.

      A special report by the organization claims the foreign currency purchase policy instituted by the Bank's Governor, Stanley Fischer, could spark a rise in inflation and hurt the bank.

      Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was also criticized in the report, which said his tax cuts were ill-timed.