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No reason to be afraid in spending budget funds: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) told regional administrations not to hesitate to spend their budget funds to push ...

Govt, House agree to 2015 macro assumptions

The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed to macro assumptions, which will lay a ...

Poverty rate widens in Southeast. Sulawesi

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Southeast of Sulawesi said the number of people living below the poverty ...

BEI fears uncontrolled deficit may cause capital outflow

Capital outflow can happen like in 2013 unless the current account deficit is not controlled, noted Ito Warsito, the ...

Indonesia faces internal and external challenges: Researcher

A researcher of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Ganewati Wuryandari, reported that Indonesia has both ...

Indonesia to remain favorable destination for foreign investors: Prabowo

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto expressed strong belief that Indonesia will continue to be an investment ...

Foreign banks to finance infrastructure projects

Several foreign banks including Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, and World Bank member International Finance ...

Govt prepares anticipatory measures in case deficit surpasses target

The government has prepared three anticipatory measures to be implemented in case budget deficit surpasses the target ...

Government spending increases due to subsidy

Government spending has continued to increase despite the policy of slashing it due to a rise in energy subsidy, ...

Japanese investor expects more conducive investment after presidential election

Kao Corporation, one of the Japanese investors in Indonesia, is expecting a more conducive investment climate in ...

Rupiah gains in opening against US dollar

The Indonesian currency rupiah regains some of its losses against the US dollar in the first minutes of trade on ...

Jakarta shares open 0.17 percent higher

The Jakarta composite index (JCI) opened 0.17 percent higher on Thursday on positive regional sentiment, analysts ...

House endorses revised 2014 state budget

The House of Representatives (DPR) has decided to enact into law the Draft Law on the Revised 2014 State Budget and ...

Prabowo to develop food sovereignty

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto is committed to developing national food sovereignty among others through ...

New macro economic targets in revised budget get green light

Commission XI of the House of Representatives and the government agree on revisions of a number of macro economic ...