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Meridor Pledges
Support For Bank

Jerusalem (JPFS) — Finance
Minister Dan Meridor expressed
strong support for the indepen-
dence of the Bank of Israel in his
first speech to the Knesset.
Mr. Meridor was replying to six
motions on the agenda on the cen-
tral bank's decision to raise in-
terest rates by 1.5 percent. Most
of the speakers, including some
from the coalition, attacked this
decision, charging that it would
lead to recession, increase unem-
ployment and hurt the weaker
members of society.
"The raising of interest rates is
within the sole jurisdiction of the
Bank of Israel ... and I say it's
good that that's the way things
are," Mr. Meridor responded.
`There are many studies which
show that the greater the inde-
pendence of the central bank, the
better [that country's] economic
indicators look."
Not only is this division of pow-
ers sound economics, he added,
but it is a fundamental part of the
democratic system.
"The division of authority is
part of democracy," he said. "I am
happy that not all the authority
rests in one place."
Mr. Meridor also rejected
charges that Bank of Israel Gov-
ernor Jacob Frenkel is overstep-
ping his role by his membership,
in the government's new eco-
nomic advisory council. By law,
he said, the central bank gover-
nor has two jobs: managing ordi-
nary central bank functions such
as monetary policy and serving
as the government's economic ad-
viser. Frenkel's participation on
the council is simply a means of
fulfilling this second task, he said.
He dismissed fears that the
_rate increase would lead to re-
cession.
"It's clear that the only factor
that can affect [the economy] is
the real interest rate," he said.
And given the current inflation
rate, he continued, a nominal in-
crease of 1.5 percent is a small in-
crease in real terms.
Mr. Meridor noted that the in-
crease was prompted by the high
inflation rate, which, like the sky-
rocketing balance of payments
deficit, is a sign of excess demand.
Correcting this excess, he said,
must be the government's first
concern.

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