#fiscal policy

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Govt to raise tobacco excise

The government will raise tobacco excise by a range of 5-7 percent next year, a customs and excise official said. ...

Indonesian government seeking gradual rise in subsidized fuel prices

The Indonesian government is seeking a gradual rise in the prices of subsidized fuels as of 2013, when fuel ...

State spending on energy subsidy reaches Rp174 tln: Finance Ministry

State spending on subsidized energy in the year to early October 2012 reached Rp174.8 trillion or 86.4 percent of the ...

Fuel subsidy could be raised for the poor

Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Finance Ministry Bambang Brodjonegoro said oil fuel subsidy could be increased ...

RI still imports 65 pct of its food needs

Indonesia`s imports of food products continue to increase every year and now they have accounted for about 65 percent ...

Asmindo rejects govt plan to raise power tariff

The Indonesian Handicraft and Furniture Industry Association (Asmindo) rejects the government`s plan to raise the ...

Power rates to increase quarterly in 2013

The government will impose a quarterly 4-percent automatic power rate hike beginning January next year in an effort to ...

2013 state budget to strengthen domestic economy: minister

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said the 2013 draft state budget as an instrument of the fiscal ...

Law enforcers must support, strengthen each other

Law enforcement agencies in Indonesia should support and strengthen each other, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

Comprehensive policy needed to boost food production

Leading economist Hendri Saparini said comprehensive policy including fiscal policy is needed to boost the country`s ...

Govt to waive soybean import duty

Agriculture Minister Suswono has said the government will waive soybean import duty in view of the recent hike in ...

Govt, BI, LPS sign new MoU on crisis management

The government, Bank Indonesia and the Deposit Guarantee Corporation (LPS) have signed a new memorandum of ...

Weakening of rupiah not related to economic fundamentals

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said the rupiah`s weakening against the dollar in recent ...

Indonesian government will not change forex ownership system

The Indonesian government will not change the foreign exchange ownership system, which is still based on Law No. 24 of ...

Indonesia has good economic resilience

Indonesia`s economic resilience is remains good in the face of the European crisis, declared Finance Minister Agus ...