Andrew Abir becomes Bank of イスラエル 副 長，指導者 after 閣僚 是認
JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Bank of イスラエル said Andrew Abir took up his 地位，任命する as 副 知事 on Sunday after イスラエル's 閣僚 認可するd his 任命 earlier in the day.
The bank's 知事, Amir Yaron, recommended the 任命 of Abir last month. The position had been 空いている for nearly a year since Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg's five-year 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 ended, leaving the 通貨の 政策 委員会 (MPC) with five members.
Abir, a 投票（する）ing member of the MPC since 2017, has been 長，率いる of the Bank of イスラエル's market 操作／手術s department for eight years, with 責任／義務 for managing foreign 交流 reserves. He will remain a 投票（する）ing member of the MPC.
After the central bank left its （判断の）基準 利益／興味 率 不変の at 0.25% in late November in contrast to 期待s of a 15 basis point 率 削減, Abir told Reuters that policymakers believed 介入 in the forex market was more suitable than 率 削減（する）s to 解除する インフレーション and 上げる イスラエル's economy.
The Oxford-educated Abir began his career at the Bank of イスラエル in the 取引，協定ing room in 1987. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Steven Scheer Editing by Ros Russell)
