Jerusalem, 22 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Bank of Israel reported that the increase in the balance of nonfinancial private sector debt (both business and household) continued, and in the fourth quarter of 2025 it increased by approximately 2.8% to a level of 2.5 trillion Shekels ($800 billion).
The balance of business sector debt increased by about 3.6% during the fourth quarter, to about 1.5 trillion Shekels ($480 billion). This was mainly due to net debt raised, which was concentrated in bank credit and debt raised abroad.
The balance of household debt also continued to increase during the quarter, to about 903 billion Shekels ($289 billion), mainly due to a combination of an increase in the balance of housing debt (by about 9 billion Shekels ($2.85 billion), or 1.4%), which was due to an increase in new mortgage volume from banks, and an increase in the balance of non-housing debt (about 4 billion Shekels ($1.28 billion), or 1.6%) to about 250 billion Shekels ($80 billion).