#basic commodities

Collection of basic commodities news, found 199 news.

Govt urged to exercise caution in setting fuel prices

The government should exercise caution in setting the prices of premium gasoline and diesel oil for the April-June ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Vice President chairs meeting on poverty reduction efforts

Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla, in his capacity as chairman of the National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction ...

International ports should be built in major islands: Expert

The Government of Indonesia should build a number of international ports in major islands as sea freight ...

IMF chief recommends infrastructure development to rejuvenate RI's growth

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, has recommended infrastructure development as ...

Police chief reiterates ban on hoarding

Police Chief General Badrodin Haiti reiterated that businesses have been banned from hoarding basic necessities that ...

news focus - Indonesians enjoy stable prices of goods during eid holiday

Last week, Indonesians celebrated the festival of Eid Fitr, or Lebaran, which follows the fasting month, with peace of ...

Indonesian govt should expedite spending, control exchange rate: Economist

Chairman of the Indonesian Economists Association (ISEI) Darmin Nasution has urged the government to speed up spending ...

President Jokowi issues regulation on food price stability

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued Presidential Regulation No. 71 of 2015 on Pricing and Storage of Basic Needs ...

Trade ministry takes four steps to stabilize basic commodity prices

Indonesian Trade Ministry is taking four concrete steps to return basic commodity prices to an ideal level in the wake ...

Commodity prices spike following fuel hikes

The prices of basic commodities in traditional markets across several areas of Indonesia shot up after Joko Widodos ...

Fuel price hike to be announced soon: VP

The fuel price hike will soon be announced to dispel public doubts and to create a socially and economically conducive ...

Protests against fuel price hike continue in Solo

Protests against the governments plan to raise the prices of subsidized fuel oils continued in the Central Java city ...

28.28 million Indonesians live in poverty

More than 28.28 million Indonesian people live in poverty as of March 2014 compared to 28.17 million in the same ...