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President calls for recalculation of gas prices

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has sought a recalculation of the gas prices, including their impacts on Indonesias ...

Commodity price increase to boost growth in 2017: Economist

The increase in the global commodity prices will help galvanize Indonesias economic growth, which is expected to reach ...

Military actively participating in food sufficiency program

The Joko Widodo administration is committed to achieving food sufficiency, as the government aspires to transform the ...

World Bank estimates Indonesia to grow at 5.3 percent

In the Indonesia Economic Quarterly report released here on Wednesday, the World Bank has forecast that Indonesias ...

Difficult to restrict purchase of subsidized gas: Minister

Indonesias Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Ignatius Jonan, has admitted it was difficult to prevent ...

CPO export drops but price on the rise

Indonesias export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives fell by nearly 2 percent to 25.7 million tons in 2016 ...

Ministry to expedite agriculture development in border areas

Indonesias Agriculture Ministry would speed up the development of organic agriculture in border areas and export ...

Foreign capital inflow supports strengthening of rupiah: BI

Foreign capital inflow during the January 1-9 period has helped to strengthen the Indonesian rupiah, according to Bank ...

Indonesia Trade Minister monitors prices of basic necessities

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita conducted an observational tour of several markets in Jakarta to check the prices ...

Indonesia's seaweed exports estimated to shrink 30 percent in 2016

The Indonesian Seaweed Association (ARLI) estimated that the countrys exports of seaweed shrank 30 percent in value ...

IHSG predicted to cross the 6,000 point mark in 2017

PT Bahana Securities predicted that the Jakarta composite index (IHSG) will hit a new record high crossing the 6,000 ...

Budget deficit reached 2.46 percent last year: Finance minister

Indonesias temporary deficit in the revised 2016 state budget had reached Rp307.7 trillion, accounting for 2.46 ...

Govt to retain focus on infrastructure development in 2017

Infrastructure is one of the backbones of economic growth so the government will retain its focus on infrastructure ...

2016 economic growth projected at 5 pct: Finance minister

Indonesias economy grew at an estimated five percent in 2016, higher than 4.8 percent growth in 2015, Finance Minister ...

Indonesian agricultural programs deemed successful in 2016

One of the aims of the Indonesian governments programs in 2016 was to advance the agricultural sector, in order to ...