#economist

Collection of economist news, found 892 news.

Heaven is a fairy tale, says physicist Hawking

Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said ...

NTB people question govt`s decision to acquire Newmont stake

The people of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province are questioning the government`s decision to acquire the seven percent ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

Asean considering transactions in local currencies

The idea to create a single currency for the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) seems difficult to ...

ASEAN has good single currency prospect

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a good prospect for a single currency like the euro by the ...

President Yudhoyono calls for save-electricity-fuel movements in regions

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all regional heads to join a movement to save fuel and electricity to ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Unrest slashing Arab economic growth: World Bank

Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa is putting the brakes on economic growth in the region that had been ...

VP back from Australia

Vice President Boediono arrived back on Sunday from a five-day Australian visit. The vice president, accompanied ...

Indonesia`s economic growth unaffected by oil price surge

Although the world oil price in Asia hovered near $105 per barrel on Tuesday a banker in Jakarta expressed the belief ...

Legislators agree to raise civil servants` retirement age

Legislators of the Golkar and Democrat Party factions have agreed that civil servants` retirement age should be ...

Oil price surge not to affect economic growth : Banker

A Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) official expressed belief that the surge in world oil prices will not impede ...

BI`s lending rate policy not to disadvantage banks

The policy issued by Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) which obliges banks to announce their basic landing rate ...

Members of inflation controlling team increased

The Indonesian central bank (BI) planned to raise the number of members of the regional inflation controlling team ...

Vancouver still world`s most liveable city - survey

Vancouver topped the listc of the world`s most liveable cities for the fifth straight year, while Melbourne claimed ...