#economist

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WEF report: RI`s economic competitiveness improving

Since 2005, Indonesia has improved its score on each of the 12 pillars of competitiveness, according to Thierry ...

Foreigners trying to control RI`s economy: conomist

Senior economist of the Advisory Group on Economic Industry and Trade (ECONIT) Hendri Saparini said foreigners were ...

Palestinians` Fayyad had heart attack in US, stable

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad suffered a heart attack while visiting the United States but is stable, a ...

Economist: Indonesia must not be blinded by free market ideology

Indonesia must not be blinded by the free market ideology, an economist from Cambridge University Ha-Joon Chang said ...

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 ...

Does president need salary raise?

Since last week the media and the public have been involved in a debate of whether or not the president`s salary needs ...

Taiwan ranks 12th on Ernst &Young 2010 globalization index

Taiwan ranked 12th in a newly released world globalization index compiled by U.S.-based Ernst & Young, a ...

RI economy expected to grow 6.38 pct

Danareksa Research Institute has predicted the Indonesian economy will grow at a higher rate to 6,38 percent in 2011 ...

Govt still needs to increase tax ratio: observer

Although its fiscal revenue target for 2010 has been surpassed, the government still needs to increase the tax ratio ...

News Focus: Inflation specter looms over RI`s economic horizon

The inflation specter looms over Indonesia`s economic horizon despite the projected sound economic performance for ...