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Economic recovery scenario to remain in place until 2021: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has said the economic recovery scenario prepared by the ...

Investment in manufacturing sector soars 23.9 pct during Jan-June 2020

Investment in the manufacturing sector in the first semester of 2020 rose 23.9 percent to reach Rp129.6 trillion, from ...

Govt deposits Rp11.5 trillion funding in 7 Regional Development Banks

The government deposited funds worth Rp11.5 trillion (US$792.6 million) in seven Regional Development Banks (BPD) in ...

Government prepares national economic recovery for 2021

The government, through the Fiscal Policy Agency (BKF) of the Ministry of Finance, is preparing the National Economic ...

Regional PSBB relaxation to lower mass layoff potential: Bappenas

The potential of mass layoffs over COVID-19 is projected to decline, with some regions relaxing large-scale social ...

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Timely budget spending crucial for economic recovery amid COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered a strong rebuke to ministers and leaders of state institutions over the slow ...

Government to reduce COVID-19 socio-economic burden on tourism workers

Indonesia's government has pledged to help over 17 thousand tourism workers in North Sumatra currently reeling from ...

President visits Central Java to inspect COVID-19 Command Post

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, departed for Central Java to inspect the COVID-19 handling and ...

Manpower minister projects over 5.23 million more to become unemployed

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has pegged the number of unemployed people in Indonesia to reach between 2.92 million ...

Government's Tapera program will be added burden on workforce: KSPSI

The government's latest public housing savings program (Tapera), necessitating employees and employers to ...

Ministry prepares criteria for businesses to receive recovery stimulus

The Industry Ministry has readied criteria for business sectors eligible to receive recovery stimulus under the ...

COVID-19 handling costs total Rp677.2 trillion: Minister Indrawati

Total costs incurred by the government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia reached Rp677.2 trillion, according ...

Jokowi calls to conduct economic recovery prudently

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) laid weightage on conducting Indonesia's economic recovery in a prudent, ...

Chamber, House discuss business sector's preparedness for new normal

The House of Representatives’ members paid a visit to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday ...

Industry ministry updating rules to support new normal

The Ministry of Industry is continuing to update regulations that can help the industrial sector prepare for the new ...