#macro economy

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Indonesia has better economic conditions

Deputy Finance Minister Mahendra Siregar said that Indonesia`s economic condition was better than those of other ...

New finance minister ready to escort budget revision debate

Newly-installed Minister of Finance Chatib Basri has expressed readiness to escort the debate of 2013 budget revision ...

Indonesia can achieve 6.6 pct economic growth this year

Amid predictions of lower economic growth by international institutions, Bank Indonesia (BI) is still convinced that ...

President Yudhoyono still weighing candidates for finance minister

Chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa said he still did not know who would be the next finance minister to replace Agus ...

ICCS Summit focuses on major coal issues

The first Indonesia-China Coal Summit (ICCS) in Nusa Dua, Bali, from March 19 to 20, 2013 is focused on major coal and ...

BI keeps its key rate at 5.75 pct

Bank Indonesia (BI) decided on Thursday to keep its key rate at 5.75 percent for a ninth straight month in the light ...

East Nusa Tenggara health sector needs improvement

A good cooperation among stakeholders is needed to help improve people`s health in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), one of ...

Bank Indonesia predicts economy to grow by 6.3 pct

Bank Indonesia has predicted that the country`s economy will grow by 6.3 percent this year, driven by domestic ...

Gold tends to rise to 1.600-1.604, says analyst

The price of gold rebounded due to weakness of the US dollar as the result of adverse data on retail trade in the ...

Central bank lowers rate by 25 basis points

The central bank lowered its reference rate, the BI Rate, by 25 basis points from 6.0 to 5.75 percent on Thursday. ...

BI rate maintained at 6.0 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI or the central bank) decided on Thursday to maintain its overnight benchmark rate or better known ...

BI to closely monitor global financial market developments

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Darmin Nasution said the central bank would remain alert towards the risks and ...

Govt projects 2012 growth at 6.5-6.9 pct

The government has projected the domestic economy to expand by a range of 6.5-6.9 percent in 2012, or slightly higher ...

Corruption continues to hamper RI`s progress

Although its goivernment has allocated huge sums to tackle such pressing problems aa financial market instability, ...

RI still has good potential to absorb foreign capital

The fundamentals of the Indonesian economy show that the country has the potential to absorb a great deal of foreign ...