Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of August 2025 rose to $230.321 billion – a new record – an increase of $3.553 billion from their level at the end of July, the Bank of Israel reports. The level of the reserves relative to GDP at the end of July was 41%.
The increase was the result of a revaluation that increased the reserves by about $3.759 billion, partly offset by foreign exchange activities by the government totaling about $209 million.
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Israel’s foreign exchange reserves have risen from $217.385 billion at the end of August 2024 to a record $230.321 billion at the end of August.
In June, the Bank of Israel sold nearly $300 million in foreign currency – its first such sales since the early months of the war. Despite announcing in October 2023 at the start of the war, a plan to sell up to $30 billion in foreign currency to support the shekel, the Bank of Israel only sold $8.5 billion in foreign currency, most of it in October and November 2023.
Published by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – on September 10, 2025.
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