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Businesses eye ASEAN opportunities, with Malaysia in focus and Hong Kong as ideal platform

 Mainland enterprises are increasingly expanding into ASEAN, as they pursue new growth opportunities overseas, ...

Economist urges new BI governor to lead rupiah stability

Senior economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Didik J. Rachbini, said the new ...

Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo resigns

Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has resigned from his position, Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi ...

Indonesia has 1 million tons of molasses for bioethanol: Economist

Eliza Mardian, an economist at the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, said around one million tons of ...

Indef urges Indonesia to broaden food reserves for El Nino

Indonesia should strengthen reserves of all key food commodities, not just rice, to prepare for a dry season ...

Airlangga optimistic of economic rebound in second half of 2026

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto expressed optimism that Indonesia’s economy will ...

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Why Indonesia's EV push is about more than just electric cars

based batteries, instead of nickel manganese cobalt (NMC). LFP's market share has reached approximately 50 percent ...

Professors hold key govt posts to solve national challenges: Prabowo

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that he has appointed professors to key government positions to help find ...

RI could lead high-blend biodiesel adoption with B50

Indonesia could become a global pioneer in high-blend biodiesel adoption when it launches B50 in July 2026, potentially ...

Govt-backed village co-ops can become new source of revenue: economist

The government-backed Red and White Village Cooperatives could unlock a new source of village revenue if their various ...

Fiscal discipline key to sustaining rupiah, JCI rally: INDEF

Indonesia must maintain strict fiscal discipline and regulatory certainty to lock in a recent rally in its currency and ...

Analyst sees Indonesia's EV policy boosting local battery industry

based EVs, whose technology and raw materials are not yet produced domestically. Processed Gaikindo wholesale data ...

Indonesian economist urges BI to take more hawkish rupiah action

Bank Indonesia (BI) needs to consider taking more hawkish and preemptive measures to ease mounting pressures on the ...

Indonesia's fiscal performance exceeds analysts' predictions: Sadewa

Indonesia’s fiscal performance remains strong and has exceeded analysts’ predictions, Finance Minister ...

Indonesia's deregulation push seen as key to boost investment

Indonesia’s deregulation task force can help foster a more investment-friendly climate by simplifying overlapping ...