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Banks expected to lower lending rates

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) has lowered its benchmark rate in an effort to encourage banks to cut their ...

RI inflation in 2011 four percent

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) has predicted that the inflation at the end of 2011 would be recorded at four ...

Brent above $112

Brent crude futures rose above $112 on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session`s fall of more than $2, while ...

Octapharma Reports octagam(R) 5% and octagam(R) 10% Global Sales Totaled 1.7 Million Grams

-               - An Estimated 60,000 Patient ...

news focus: BI rate cut by 50 basis points surprises observers

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank)`s step to lower its benchmark rate by 50 basis points on Thursday was seen by ...

Banks should follow central bank`s rate cut

Bank Indonesia`s step to cut its benchmark interest rate should be followed by the lowering of banks` lending rates so ...

BI cuts key rate by 50 basis points to 6 pct

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) decided on Thursday to cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 6 ...

BI likely to cut benchmark rate

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) is likely to cut its benchmark rate so that it could support the activities of ...

Shares of PC vendors tumble on tablet pricing concerns

Shares of Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc., two of the world`s leading personal computer vendors, took a beating ...

September inflation expected below 0.9 pct: Minister

The government expects the inflation rate in September 2011 to drop to a level below last August`s 0.89 percent, ...

Cabinet reshuffle something natural: Golkar official

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s plan to reshuffle his cabinet is something natural if it is based on a clear ...

Time to lower BI rate: Economist

The recent strengthening of the rupiah against the US dollar is considered timely for Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) to ...

Cement producers revise upward sales target for 2011

Domestic cement producers have revised upward their domestic sale target for this year following high consumption in ...

Milan stock market climbs 4.10% at close of trading

Italy`s FTSE MIB leading-stock index rose 4.10 percent at the close of trading on Thursday to 15,277,19 points after ...

European Central Bank`s bond purchases slow after yields fall

The European Central Bank's purchases of Italian and Spanish government bonds fell Tuesday from a day earlier and it ...