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Rupiah depreciates to Rp14,455 Tuesday morning over US-China trade war

The exchange rate of the Indonesian rupiah, transacted between banks in Jakarta on Tuesday morning, weakened over ...

Rupiah correction occurs early this week as Asian currencies tumble

A correction again occurred in the exchange rate of the rupiah traded at the Jakarta interbank market earlier this week ...

Rupiah slides over fears of escalation of US-China trade war

Indonesia's rupiah extended its decline against the US dollar, trading at Rp14,302, Wednesday morning, tanking 22 ...

Rupiah estimated to weaken following release of economic growth data

The exchange rate of the rupiah, traded in the interbank market in Jakarta, Tuesday, is estimated to go down following ...

Opinion

Taiwan helping other countries achieve universal health coverage

*Shih-Chung Chen is the Taiwan minister of health and welfare This year marks the 24th anniversary of Taiwan’s ...

Jokowi presides over budget allocation meeting at Bogor Palace

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) led a plenary cabinet meeting at the Bogor Palace, West Java, on Tuesday, for holding ...

Rupiah can potentially tumble amid correction in regional currencies

The rupiah exchange rate, traded between banks in Jakarta, Tuesday, can potentially weaken amid regional currencies ...

Rupiah strengthens following presidential election quick vote count

The exchange rate of the rupiah being transacted among banks in Jakarta on Thursday morning strengthened after the ...

Rupiah exchange rate inches closer to Rp14,000 per US dollar

The Indonesian rupiah inched close to Rp14 thousand per US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market, Monday morning, ...

Prabowo-Sandi pair pledges to increase investments in Indonesia

The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pair has pledged to increase domestic and foreign investments in Indonesia to boost ...

Minister optimistic WB President prioritizing inequality resolution

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati believes the newly appointed World Bank (WB) Group President David Malpass will ...

Indonesia maintains stable growth amid global gloom: economist

Atma Jaya Catholic University's economist Rosdiana Sijabat pointed to the Indonesian government's success in ...

News Focus

Indonesia's realistic responses to EU's ban on CPO awaited

Indonesia and Malaysia, dominating the global palm oil production, are reeling from the EU's recent ban on palm ...

Observer: Palm discrimination is a lesson against export dependence

Economist Faisal Basri said Indonesia must learn from the case of discrimination of palm oil and its derivatives by the ...

Rupiah inches up over US economic downslide

The rupiah firmed slightly in the Jakarta interbank market on Thursday morning over data of the US economic growth ...