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Economist: Indonesia`s foreign trade to continue to be in the red

An economist from Economics, Industry, Trade (Econit) said Indonesia will continue to suffer trade deficit due to ...

World Bank picks Korean-American Kim as president

The World Bank chose Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as its next chief Monday in a decision that surprised few ...

Indonesia welcomes Jim Yong Kim as new World Bank president

Indonesia welcomes the election of Jim Yong Kim as the new president of the World Bank to replace Robert Zoellick who ...

ADB predicts 6.4 percent economic growth in 2012

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted the nation`s economic growth will reach 6.4 percent in 2012, following ...

RI`s fuel subsidy may increase Rp83 tln

The World Bank has predicted that Indonesia`s fuel subsidy might increase by up to Rp83 trillion if the government ...

Postponement of fuel price hike could cause public uncertainty

Economist from the Institute for Development of Economy and Finance, Fadhil Hasan, believes that the government`s ...

Govt: Fuel oil subsidy reachesRrp3,900 per liter

The government said that the premium gasoline subsidy will be Rp3,900 a liter on the assumption that the Indonesian ...

Judges grill Strauss-Kahn over prostitution case

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was grilled by three judges on Monday over his role in a prostitution case in ...

Inflation in 2012 could reach 8.5 pct: Economist

Economist Aviliani said the rate of inflation could reach 8.5 percent in 2012 if the government decides to raise the ...

Indonesia must conduct structural reforms: ADB economist

Indonesia must conduct structural reforms in order to become an advanced country with a high income per capita and ...

Observer: state budget increasingly comes under pressure

The 2012 state budget will increasingly come under pressure from soaring fuel subsidy due to a rise in global crude ...

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 ...

RI offers infrastructure investment in WEF-EA

Indonesia offers investment in the infrastructure sector through a public private partnership (PPP) scheme in the ...