REFILE-Five of six Bank of Israel MPC members voted to keep rate at 0.1%, minutes show

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JERUSALEM, June 14 (Reuters) - Five of six rate setters at the Bank of Israel voted to keep the benchmark interest rate at 0.1% on May 31, minutes of the discussions showed on Monday.

One committee member supported a reduction to 0.0%, citing concerns over unemployment.

The five members who voted to keep the interest rate unchanged thought that the low level "supports a recovery of economic activity and a gradual return of inflation to the target range, particularly in view of the Bank of Israel using additional tools in the credit market and in the foreign exchange market." (Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch Editing by Dan Williams)

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