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BI forecasts balance of payment surplus at US$10 billion

Bank Indonesia (BI) has forecast that Indonesia`s balance of payments (NPI) in 2017 will have a surplus of US$10 ...

Currency weakening happening globally: BI

The Indonesian central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), stated that the weakening of currency exchange rates against the US ...

Cut in interest rate would help push credit expansion: ADB

The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Bank Indonesia cutting its reference interest rate would help push ...

Foreign investors still see good prospects in Indonesia: Central bank

Bank Indonesia (BI) is of the opinion that foreign investors still see as good the countrys economic prospects despite ...

Market surprised by further cut of BI reference interest rate

The Fridays cut of reference interest rate by Bank Indonesia (BI) came as a big surprise for the financial market, a ...

Banks urged to cut lending rates to follow benchmark interest rate

Banks especially large ones should cut their lending rates to follow Bank Indonesia, which has slashed its benchmark ...

Elected OJK chief commissioner to focus on improving performance

Newly-elected chief commissioner of the Financial Service Authority (OJK) Wimboh Santoso has pledged to focus on ...

Credits to reach smallest segment of businesspersons

The government is currently giving greater attention to small businesses, notably micro-, small-, and medium-scale ...

President urges financial industry to increase loans for SMEs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on the financial industry to increase loan disbursement, especially ...

Indonesia should cut unnecessary electricity costs

The price of electricity in Indonesia is relatively high due to high investment and production costs, reducing the ...

Retail sales predicted to rise 10 percent in 2017

Retail sales in Indonesia are predicted to grow 10 percent to Rp219 trillion year-on-year in 2017 not including sales ...

BI should concern measures taken by Fed

National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Head Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro said Bank Indonesia (BI) should be ...

Yearender - Indonesia needs to brace for global challenges

Indonesia is expected to have a relatively improved economic performance in 2017, while still needing to prepare ...

Housing credit interest rate predicted to decline in 2017

Bank Indonesia predicted that the interest rate of consumer credits including housing credits(KPR) would decline in ...

President asks investors to focus on import substitution

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked that investment flowing into the country be focused on industries that ...