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Govt sees budget deficit at 5.5% of GDP in 2021

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Friday said the government expects the budget deficit in 2021 to touch 5.5 percent of ...

Annual Speech

Jokowi highlights Indonesia's efforts to attain energy autonomy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pointed to Indonesia’s massive endeavors, including through the production of ...

News Focus

Endeavoring for a balance between COVID-19 handling, economy recovery

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opined that handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic must be conducted ...

Govt to focus spending on food security, ICT next year: minister

Indonesia’s state budget for next year will focus spending on three prioritized sectors — food security, ...

Government to expand 2021 budget deficit to 5.2% of GDP

The government plans to expand budget deficit in the state budget plan (RAPBN) 2021 to 5.2 percent of the gross ...

Macroeconomic assumptions in 2021 draft state budget remain optimistic

Macroeconomic assumptions in the 2021 draft state budget would remain optimistic but correspondingly realistic, given ...

President monitoring financial management of ministries

President Joko Widodo on Monday stressed that he would monitor the improvements and breakthroughs made by each ministry ...

Government prepares national economic recovery for 2021

The government, through the Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) of the Ministry of Finance, is preparing the National Economic ...

Police hospital conducts autopsy of French serial child molester Frans

- who died after attempting suicide in Jakarta Police's detention. "For the time being, an external ...

French serial pedophiliac Frans dies after attempting suicide

French man, Francois Abello Camille (FAC), alias Frans (65), suspected of sexually abusing 305 minors, died after ...

National steel producer PT GRP pumps in Rp12 trillion investment

National steel producer PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk (GRP) invested an additional US$850 million, or some Rp12 trillion, to ...

Trade deal to cut Indonesia's trade deficit with Australia: minister

Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto said the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) is ...

Indonesians should exclusively use domestic products: Economist

A Medan State University (Unimed) economist believes that Indonesia can no longer overly rely on imports amid the ...

Government must play greater role in times of uncertainty: minister

The government had to play a bigger role in uncertain times since the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak ...

Global economic crisis is real: Indonesian President Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) spoke of being informed of the global economic crisis being a real challenge, ...