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Jokowi to participate in Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders' Summit

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will participate in the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on Thursday, ...

IMF projects negative global economic growth this year

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at a virtual meeting with G20 members, forecast that ...

Toddler being observed in Lampung hospital: COVID-19 task force

Amid ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2.4-year-old infant is hospitalized at a local public hospital in ...

COVID-19 to impact N Sumatra Ojek drivers' socio-economic existence

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) forecast on Tuesday a significant socio-economic impact of the ongoing global ...

Jokowi to announce steps to mitigate economic impact of COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) affirmed that in the near future, he would announce steps to mitigate the economic ...

Six SOEs allowed to buy back shares

Six state-owned enterprises (SOEs) listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange will buy back their shares in efforts to ...

SOE Ministry procures COVID-19 test kits from Switzerland

State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir confirmed to having ordered coronavirus (COVID-19) test kits from ...

Central, local governments must reallocate budget for corona handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given instructions to central and local governments to curtail budget allocation for ...

Indonesia ready to face global economic slowdown amid corona outbreak

The Indonesian government, on Friday, expressed its readiness to face the economic slowdown owing to ongoing concerns ...

BI lowers economic growth projection for 2020 to 4.2-4.6 percent

Indonesia’s central bank trimmed its economic growth forecast for 2020 to 4.2-4.6 percent, from the earlier ...

Minister forecasts budget deficit to reach 2.2-2.5 percent of GDP

Indonesia's state budget deficit is expected to reach a range of 2.2 to 2.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product ...

BI Governor responds to plunge in world oil prices

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has responded to the global oil prices that crashed, from US$60 to around ...

State budget must become solution to handle COVID-19 impact: minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati asserted that the state budget (APBN) should serve as a solution and support the ...

COVID-19 has impacted Indonesia's investment activities: BKPM

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) drew attention to the fact that investment activities in Indonesia had been ...

Impact of coronavirus more complicated than global economic pressure

The coronavirus outbreak has a more complex impact on the global economy than the 2008 global economic pressure fueled ...