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Yudhoyono to hear more from president-elect

President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono stated that he will hear more from president-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the ...

South-East Asian Leaders Discuss the Progress and Challenges with ASEAN Integration At The Economist Events' South-East Asia Summit

- Regional leaders from across government, business, academia, multilateral institutions and non-government ...

July inflation predicted at 0.8 pct

In July 2014, the month-to-month Indonesian inflation will be 0.8 percent, economic observer Enny Sri Hartati, of the ...

Jokowi needs to announce fuel price policy

Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi-JK) presidential pair has to announce fuel price policy as soon as they are ...

July inflation below one percent: Economist

The Head of Bank Mandiri Economists, Destry Damayanti, has predicted that inflation rate in July will remain below one ...

Jackie Chan appointed as Indonesian Tourism Ambassador

An action star from Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, was appointed as Indonesian Tourism Ambassador for the Chinese market. ...

Laffer's International Tobacco Taxation Handbook Gives Governments Roadmap to Optimize Tax Revenues

- As excise taxes become increasingly important throughout the world, Dr. Arthur Laffer today released his ...

People Await Realization of Maritime `Toll Road`

The people, particularly businesspeople, are awaiting the realization of a maritime supercorridor transportation ...

Growing imports and foreign debt repayments weaken rupiah: Observers

Rupiah lost more value against the US dollar closing at the level of 11,988 per dollar on Wednesday from earlier ...

Foreign banks targeting Indonesian banking market

PT Bank Negara Indonesias chief economist Ryan Kiryanto said here on Saturday that foreign banks are eyeing further ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Century Bank was in dire need of lending facility

Former Century Bank in 2008 urgently needed short-term lending facility (FPJP), as the Indonesian economy was then in ...

Nobel-winning U.S. economist Gary Becker dies at 83

Gary Becker, whose work applying the principles of economics to a wide range of human behavior won the Nobel Prize in ...

BTN reports a strong growth in outstanding credits

Publicly traded lender PT Bank Tabungan Negara recorded a 20.24 percent increase year-on-year in outstanding credit to ...

Indonesia determined to emerge as new Asian tiger

Indonesia is now putting in place industrial development programs across the country in an effort to create a new ...