JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s new central bank governor Amir Yaron sees normalizing monetary policy as the most pressing challenge facing the Bank of Israel, he said as he took over the role on Monday. Amir Yaron speaks during a ceremony whereby he is sworn in as Bank of Israel governor by Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, in Jerusalem December 24, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen His comments follow an...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday named U.S. finance professor Amir Yaron to head Israel’s central bank, citing the need for an expert on the global economy. An Israeli flag flutters outside the Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem August 7, 2013. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo The Israeli-born Yaron, 54, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and who has lived in the United States for two decades, will replace Karnit Flug, whose...

JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Switzerland has asked Israel to open its markets so Swiss banks can trade funds there, a senior Finance Ministry official said. Israel allows European Union banks market access, but not Switzerland as it is not an EU country and has different regulations from countries inside the bloc. “We need market access and each other’s markets unfettered and as free as possible,” Joerg Gasser, head of the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters, said during a...