#economic policy

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Rupiah strengthens to Rp13,629 against dollar

The Indonesian rupiah closed stronger at Rp13,629 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Wednesday evening, up ...

Indonesia urges Vietnam to strengthen strategic partnership to capture markets

Indonesia has urged Vietnam to strengthen their strategic partnership instead of competing with each other to capture ...

President wants to prune unproductive regulations

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said he wanted to finish scrapping at least 50 percent of unproductive restrictive, ...

Latest series of policy package to cut income tax

Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution said income tax cut will be included in the 7th policy package to be ...

Govt announces seventh policy package

The Indonesian government announced the seventh tranche of the economic policy package on Friday to ease the inflow of ...

Indef forecasts Indonesia`s economic growth at 5 pct in 2016

The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) estimates that Indonesias economic growth in 2016 will ...

Indonesia, Canada vow to boost bilateral economic ties

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have expressed their commitment ...

Three ASEAN countries eyeing Indonesian timber certification system

Three ASEAN member countries --- Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia --- are eyeing the Indonesian Timber Legality ...

President awards medal to Japan-Indonesia Parliament League chairman

President Joko Widodo awarded the "Bintang Jasa Utama" medal to Toshihiro Nikai, the chairman of the Japan-Indonesia ...

BI optimistic about balance of payments surplus

Bank Indonesias Senior Deputy Governor Mirza Adityaswara expressed optimism on Thursday about the countrys balance of ...

Insurance industry predicted to grow stronger in 2016

The Financial Service Authority (OJK) predicted that the countrys insurance industry would grow stronger in 2016 to ...

Policy packages expected to boost growth next year

The series of economic policy packages announced by the government since September will start impacting the economy in ...

Jokowi calls on Canada to open its market wider to Indonesian products

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to open his countrys market wider ...

Companies give positive responses to govt tax cuts

The government step to offer cuts on income tax for firms willing to revaluate their assets, as promised in its ...

Rizal Ramli presents business opportunities before US-ASEAN business council

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli showcased several business opportunities in the maritime sector ...