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ASEAN must uphold food sovereignty

The issues of food security and sovereignty have for many years been a rallying call of many grassroots ...

BI asks banks to operate more efficiently

Bank Indonesia (BI) Friday asked national banks to operate more efficiently to reduce overhead cost and lower lending ...

news focus: BI rate cut by 50 basis points surprises observers

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank)`s step to lower its benchmark rate by 50 basis points on Thursday was seen by ...

Slight increase predicted in October inflation rate

Mandiri Sekuritas economist Destry Damayanti said inflation in October 2001 may increase but oly slightly, namely by ...

BI likely to cut benchmark rate

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) is likely to cut its benchmark rate so that it could support the activities of ...

US economist warns RI to be alert to crisis

A US economist has advised Indonesia not to be taken off-guard by the current world crisis although its economy this ...

Stability key to implementation of MP3EI

Stability is a key factor in the implementation of the Master Plan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia`s ...

State-owned banks key to surviving crisis

State-owned banks are the key to dealing with the current global economic crisis in the US and Europe, new State ...

Indonesia sexiest place for investment: economist

Indonesia will benefit much from the current economic crisis in the US and Europe because the turmoil there will make ...

Indonesia needs to grow at least nine percent

An economist said Indonesia needs to grow minimally nine percent in 2015. A growth of 6.5 percent would not as ...

Infrastructures need more funds for economic expansion

Despite President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s efforts over the past two years to increase the state budget allocation ...

Time to lower BI rate: Economist

The recent strengthening of the rupiah against the US dollar is considered timely for Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) to ...

News Focus: anticipating impacts of US, Europe debt crises on Indonesia

The global economy is still shaky having just begun to recover from the 2008 global recession, and yet the world is ...

Foreign investors to shift funds to Asia

Economist Guntur S. Siboro predicted here on Tuesday that the current financial crisis in the US and Europe would ...

RI convinced it is able to fend off financial turmoil

The prolonged global financial crisis and the fall of Indonesia`s composite index early this week have prompted ...