jerusalem jan 19 reuters  the international monetary fund imf has begun its annual discussions on israels economy and will submit its initial report in early february to the finance minister and bank of israel governor this year the imf delegation will hold its deliberations online the central bank and finance ministry said on wednesday in a joint statement this year the delegation will hold discussions with senior officials on the effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the israeli economy including its impact on the labour market and will discuss a number of issues including policies for achieving the goals set to help the environment they said meetings will be held with top ministry and central bank officials as well as with senior officials from the government private sector and labour unions