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Indonesia records $9.2-bln balance of payments surplus in Q2

Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$9.2 billion in its balance of payments in the second quarter of 2020 after ...

Indonesia posts US$3.26 billion trade surplus for July 2020

Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of US$3.26 billion in July 2020, as exports improved to $13.73 billion and imports ...

Need policy to relax deficit ceiling of 3% of GDP: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said the government still needs to draft a policy to relax the state budget deficit ceiling ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Govt should preemptively tackle climate change impacts on rice yield

A researcher urged Indonesia’s government to take preventive measures against the impact of climate change on the ...