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Fiscal policy implementation adaptive in view of COVID: Vice Minister

The Indonesian Government is implementing an adaptive, anticipative, and flexible fiscal policy amid the COVID-19 ...

Government seeks ideas, inputs from economy experts: Jokowi

The government seeks ideas and inputs from economists to bolster economic growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

President expects continued GDP, economic improvement in Q3

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he expects the increase in economic growth or gross domestic product (GDP) ...

BI promotes use of QRIS in Sulawesi's BBI, BWI movement

Bank Indonesia (BI) encourages digitization of payment systems through the use of QRIS in the "Proud of made in ...

Retailers call for review on VAT increase, multi-tariff taxes

The Indonesian Association of Retailers (Aprindo) has called on the government to review the increase in value-added ...

Govt, House to bring e-commerce bill to plenary meeting

The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have agreed to bring the bill on ASEAN Agreement on ...

Introducing digital currency could trigger banking system collapse: BI

Bank Indonesia has not issued a digital currency so far because that could risk collapsing the nation's existing ...

Food price stability momentum to strengthen MSMEs: BI

The current stability in food prices should be used to strengthen micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the ...

Vice President Amin urges MSME players to get vaccinated soon

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin called on all players of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to immediately ...

PEN fund placements yield Rp218.9 trillion in support for MSMEs: govt

The placement of Rp66.7 trillion from the 2020 National Economic Recovery Program (PEN) in banks has had multiple ...

House speaker welcomes lowering of activity restrictions level

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani has welcomed the downgrade of public activity restriction (PPKM) ...

Minister confirms 52.3 percent of active cases from outside Java-Bali

Some 52.3 percent of the active cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia as of Monday were from regions outside Java and Bali ...

Digital, cultural transformation savior during pandemic: BRI

Digital and cultural transformation became a "savior" for Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) during the pandemic, ...

Finance Minister provides details of Rp321.2-trillion PEN budget

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati provided details of budget allotments under the Rp321.2-trillion National ...

Indonesia's PCR test among cheapest in Southeast Asia: Health Ministry

The Indonesian government has set the maximum retail price for PCR swab test in Indonesia at Rp495,000-Rp525,000, ...