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President upbeat about social assistance boosting purchasing power

President Joko Widodo is optimistic that the government's social assistance programs would increase the ...

President Joko Widodo highlights shallot, sugar prices still high

President Joko Widodo is persistently endeavoring to find a solution to bring down the prices of shallots and sugar ...

Freight volumes fall sharply in logistics sector due to COVID-19

Cargo volumes in the logistics sector, including transportation and warehousing, in the first quarter of 2020 grew by ...

BPS cancels plan to conduct face-to-face population census

Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has decided not to conduct a face-to-face population census, ...

Indonesia's Q1 economic performance outshines other nations: Jokowi

Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter (Q1) at 2.97 percent year-on-year (yoy) is still relatively good ...

President cautions of food crop sub-sector contracting in Q1 2020

President Joko Widodo expressed concern over the contraction in several sub-sectors, including food crops, thereby ...

Open unemployment rate slides to 4.99% in Feb: BPS

Indonesia's open unemployment rate dropped to 4.99 percent in February, 2020 from 5.01 percent a year earlier, ...

Indonesia's economy shrank to 2.97 percent in first quarter: BPS

Indonesia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2020 contracted to 2.97 percent, from 5.07 percent during the ...

Sharp decline in foreign tourist arrivals in March: BPS

The number of of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia dropped sharply in March this year on account of several policies ...

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Gauging whether pre-employment card is solution amid COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is much more than a medical crisis. The socio-economic ...

Fisheries exports up amid COVID-19 pandemic: ministry

Indonesia’s fishery exports in the first quarter of 2020 increased as trade restrictions with China amid ...

Indonesia posts US$743.4 million trade balance surplus in March 2020

Indonesia's trade balance recorded a surplus of US$743.4 million in March 2020, with exports valued at $14.09 ...

Inflation until fourth week of March touches 0.13 percent: BI

Inflation rate until the fourth week of March 2020 was recorded at 0.13 percent or lower than that recorded in ...

Bank Indonesia: Inflation under control in March at 0.11 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI) said the inflation rate until the third week of March, 2020 had remained under control at 0.11 ...

Indonesia trade surplus touches US$2.34 billion in February

Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of US$2.34 billion in February 2020, with exports reaching US$13.94 billion and ...