#food commodities

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Food self-sufficiency target should be measurable

The government`s target of achieving lasting food self-sufficiency should be appreciated but they should should also ...

Govt optimistic economy to perform better next year

The government is optimistic that the domestic economy will perform better in 2012 and will always be realistic in ...

Food Distribution Can Strengthen Nutrition Safety Net

The government is expected to strengthen the nutrition safety net through strong foods distribution to low-income ...

Food distribution should be strengthened

The state should play a role in strengthening food distribution to control fluctuating prices during the fasting month ...

Govt to organize bazaars during fasting month

The government will organize bazaars in various parts of the country to give a chance to low-income people to enjoy ...

Inflation rate may drop to below five percent: BI

Bank Indonesia predicts the rate of inflation may be below five percent this year if no new fuel price policy is ...

RI main pillar of ASEAN food resilience

Indonesia is the main pillar for the creation of food resilience in the ASEAN region, vice rector of the Bogor ...

Pope deplores food commodities speculation

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday denounced commodities market speculation and called for international action to ensure ...

BI maintains reference rate at 6.75 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI, the central bank) on Tuesday decided to maintain its reference rate at 6.75 percent as well as ...

Govt believes inflation to remain under control

The government believes inflation could be controlled despite the rising world oil prices as a result of political ...

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 ...

President orders sharpened watch over rising world oil prices

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa to keep a ...

Govt keeps monitoring global oil prices

The Indonesian government keeps monitoring the movements of global crude prices after they rose 21 percent in the past ...

Indonesia expects G20 meeting to press food speculators

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has expressed hope the upcoming G-20 meeting in Paris will be able to put pressure ...

Govt asks banks not to raise lending rates

The government has asked national banks not to increase their lending rates following Bank Indonesia (BI)`s decision ...