The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) announced the preliminary results of the International Investment Position (IIP), and External Debt statistics for Palestine as of end of the fourth quarter 2025.  The preliminary results of the IIP (external assets – foreign liabilities) for Palestine at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025 revealed that the net IIP amounted to USD 10,720 million. Currency and deposits accounted for 57% of the total external assets of the Palestinian economy at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. This is mainly due to the absence of a Palestinian national currency, as well as a 18% increase in clearance revenues held by Israel compared with the previous quarter.  [...]