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Indonesia must be economically independent: Dawam Rahardjo

Indonesia should work towards achieving economic independence, given that the country has a trade-dependent economy, ...

Central bank maintains key rate at 7.5 percent

Bank Indonesia has decided to maintain its key interest rate at 7.5 percent, a level considered to be in line with the ...

New trade minister called to stabilize prices

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the new trade minister to give top priority to stabilize the domestic food ...

Economist predicts Indonesian inflation 5.3 percent in 2014

Economist from Asia Pacific Economic & Market Analysis Citi Research Helmi Arman predicted the countrys inflation ...

Beirut car bomb kills adviser to ex-PM

A huge car bomb rocked central Beirut on Friday, killing an adviser to Lebanese ex-premier Saad Hariri and leaving ...

Indonesian economic fundamentals need extra energy

Indonesian economic fundamentals need "extra energy" to be able to go through the global economic volatility in 2014, ...

Indonesia remains top of investment destination list

HSBC Indonesia predicted that Indonesia will still chalk up positive investment growth in 2014 despite discouraging ...

Foreign's capital outflow still low

Foreign fund outflows from Indonesia remain low, despite the rupiah depreciating against the US dollar, economist ...

Culture plays important role in social inclusion, poverty eradication: President SBY

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in his opening remarks at the World Culture Forum here on Monday ...

High-Level Panel Organizes to Address Future of Internet Governance

- A diverse global group of stakeholders from government, civil society, the private sector, the technical community ...

Rupiah down in value against dollar, index up

The rupiah closed lower in value against the US dollar in interbank transaction on Wednesday amid minimum new positive ...

Jakarta index falls, rupiah stable on rise in forex reserves

The Jakarta composite share price index opened lower on Tuesday to follow the regional trend. The index of the ...

Kadin: Lack of confidence triggers economic crisis

Lack of confidence of business players and investors in the government policy was behind the crisis in the exchange ...

Jakarta index up rupiah flat ahead of BI meeting

Indonesia`s benchmark stock index gained in the opening trade on Thursday ahead of a meeting of the board of governors ...

RI to cut oil import, promote use of biofuels

Indonesia is taking steps to reduce its fuels imports and promote the use of biofuels at home in response to its ...