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Jan-July 2020 state budget deficit totaled 2.01 percent of GDP

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati noted that the 2020 State Budget (APBN) deficit during the period from January ...

Strengthening of rupiah expected after long weekend

The Indonesian rupiah is expected to strengthen against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Monday ...

Indonesia's trade deficit with China narrows by nearly 46.08 percent

Indonesia curbed its trade deficit with China by nearly 46.08 percent in the first half of 2020, with exports surging ...

IHSG opens higher before announcement of BI meeting outcome

The Jakarta Composite Share Price Index (IHSG) opened higher, Wednesday morning, ahead of Bank Indonesia's ...

Rupiah weakens against dollar as exports, imports drop

The Indonesian rupiah fell against the US dollar in the interbank Jakarta market on Tuesday evening on the back of a ...

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 ...