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Home improvement program absorbs 236,689 workers until September

The government program for home improvement and re-construction or called the Self-help Housing Stimulant Assistance ...

Government disburses Rp5.84 trillion in wage subsidy in two tranches

The Indonesian government has so far distributed Rp5.84 trillion in wage subsidy, in two tranches, to 4.87 million ...

State spending in draft 2021 state budget increases Rp2.5 trillion

The government raised the targeted state spending for 2021 by Rp2.5 trillion to Rp2,750 trillion, from the ...

Economist pushes three agendas in COVID-19 related expenditures

Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) senior economist Fadhil Hasan pushed three agendas in ...

Govt to extend aid distribution for low-wage workforce until Q2-2021

The government has planned to extend the disbursement of aid until the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 for formal workers, ...

Improvement in retail sales in July despite contractionary phase: BI

Retail sales continued improving despite a contractionary phase, reflected in the Real Sales Index (IPR) from July 2020 ...

Indef sees poverty rate rising to 10.34% in September

The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has predicted that Indonesia's poverty rate may rise ...

Indonesia adds 2,306 recoveries, tally reaches 142,958

Indonesia's Task Force for COVID-19 Response on Tuesday reported that 2,306 COVID-19 patients recovered in the last ...

2021 draft budget falls short on lifting purchasing power: Indef

A senior economist with the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Didin S Damanhuri, has opined ...

Govt to ensure social assistance distribution continues next year

President Joko Widodo’s administration is working to ensure that the distribution of social assistance, as part ...

Ministry to prioritize food estate development in 2021

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will prioritize food estate development in Central Kalimantan ...

Rupiah comes under pressure as US economic data improves

An improvement in the US economic data applied pressure on the Indonesian rupiah traded at the Jakarta interbank market ...

Statistics Bureau: Purchasing power continuing to weaken

Head of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Suhariyanto, has said that the people’s purchasing power is still ...

Minister: Economic growth in 2021 will hinge on 4 factors

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Tuesday outlined four factors that could help the Indonesian government ...

Farmers exchange rate rose by 0.56 percent in August 2020

Based on results of monitoring rural prices in 34 provinces in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) noted ...