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RI industry grows 4.54 percent in first semester

Indonesias non-oil/non-gas processing industry in the first half of 2016 grew 4.54 percent, down from 5.26 percent in ...

State spending cut not to give negative sentiment: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo is convinced that a Rp133.8 trillion state spending cut in the revised ...

BI to wait for right time to ease monetary policy

Bank Indonesia has admitted that various macro-economic indicators have been supportive for easing the monetary policy ...

World Islamic Economic Forum backs expansion of Islamic finance

The 12th World Islamic Economic Forum in Jakarta on August 2-4, 2016 came up with several recommendations listed in ...

Indonesia, Malaysia develop Islamic capital market

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and Bursa Malaysia Berhad will cooperate to develop Islamic capital markets in both ...

House hails cabinet reshuffle

House Speaker Ade Komarudin lauded the policy of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to reshuffle his cabinet ministers as ...

Possibility of failure in tax amnesty policy low: Emil Salim

Senior economist Emil Salim said the tax amnesty policy effective until March 2017, has little possibility of failing ...

Indonesia is not obliged to comply with IPT`s ruling: House speaker

The Indonesian government is not obliged to comply with the International Peoples Tribunal (IPT) 1965s decision, which ...

President urges businessmen, taxpayers to show patriotism

President Joko Widodo has urged businessmen and taxpayers in the country to show their patriotism by supporting all ...

Joy Global announces agreement to be acquired by Komatsu in $3.7 billion all-cash transaction

- Joy Global Inc. (NYSE: JOY) (“Joy Global”), a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, ...

The challenges in 2017 not different: Finance minister

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro predicted the challenges to be faced globally in 2017 would not be much ...

Indonesian govt takes steps to forestall economic slowdown

The government has taken a series of steps to forestall further economic slowdown such as with the macro prudential ...

Wirecard and Verifone partner to bring complementary payment services and solutions to fast-growing Indonesian market

- Wirecard AG and Verifone (NYSE: PAY) have entered into a strategic alliance to rapidly expand ...

World Bank predicts Indonesian GDP growth at 5.1 percent

The World Bank has projected that Indonesian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would grow at a rate of 5.1 percent in 2016 ...

Indonesian ambassadors appointed to key committees of UN

Three Indonesian diplomats were chosen by acclamation as head of a number of main committees of the United Nations ...