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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 ...

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 ...

Government to issue decree to ease goods, services provision

The Indonesian government will issue a Presidential Decree soon to make the provision of goods and services easier ...

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 ...

Vice Minister apprises foreign embassies of efforts to check COVID-19

Vice Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar highlighted the directives issued by President Joko Widodo on COVID-19, ...

Central government to decide on imposing local lockdown: Home Minister

Indonesia's Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian stated that any decision on imposing a lockdown on a certain ...

BI maintains public duty, services to mitigate COVID-19 spread

Reflecting on the latest developments in the transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia, Bank Indonesia (BI) is coordinating ...

Rupiah appreciates against US dollar after Fed's interest-rate cut

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Monday morning following ...

BI upbeat on Indonesia clocking 5.2-pct economic growth despite corona

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo expressed optimism of this year’s national economic growth touching ...

BI to intensify digitalization of MSME payment system

Bank Indonesia (BI) will boost digitalization of the payment system for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) ...

BI strengthens measures to stabilise rupiah

Bank Indonesia has strengthened policy coordination with the Government and other authorities to stabilise the rupiah ...

BI introduces five follow-up measures against COVID-19 risks

To strengthen coordination and the various policy measures already taken, Bank Indonesia today introduced five ...