#public consumption

Collection of public consumption news, found 182 news.

Local governments should run more labor-intensive programs: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the regional governments to have in place more labor-intensive programs to ...

Indonesia's economy shows signs of recovery: Arif Budimanta

Indonesia's economy that shrank 2.19 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the fourth quarter of 2020 has indicated slowing ...

Hartarto highlights Indonesia's ability to get better economic growth

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto spoke at length about several indicators that signal the ...

President advises greater use of govt spending to spur consumption

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered his staff to make maximum use of government spending in the remaining ...

Optimal social protection budget realization revs up economic recovery

Maximum budget realization for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program, especially pertaining to social ...

LIPI promotes mushrooms as alternative nutritious food

UNESCO Category II Center, in collaboration with the Bogor District Food Security Service. Edible mushrooms contain ...

Need to expedite provision of direct cash assistance: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged that the distribution of all direct cash social assistance to the public be ...

Hard work necessary despite improvement in economic indicators: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sought greater efforts to protect Indonesia from recession in the 2020 third quarter ...

Finance Ministry outlines three strategies for avoiding recession

The Finance Ministry is focusing on three strategies to keep Indonesia from plunging into a recession.   The ...

Rupiah appreciates as regional currencies record positive trend

The rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Friday evening on the back of a ...

Kadin calls to strengthen financial system for economic recovery

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has encouraged the government's efforts to strengthen the ...

Economic recovery hinges on COVID-19 vaccine: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has stressed that national economic recovery would largely depend on the ...

Jokowi launches wage subsidy assistance for 15.7 million workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) launched monthly wage subsidy assistance of Rp600 thousand to be disbursed for a ...

Rupiah weakens prior to end of PSBB transitional period

The Indonesian rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Wednesday prior to the end of ...

Finance minister stresses on hard work to attain zero-percent growth

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stressed on hard work to record zero-percent economic growth in the third ...