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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 ...

Cash labor-intensive program absorbs 402,449 workers by Aug-end: govt

The Public Works and Housing Ministry claimed that 402,449 workers were employed through the cash labor-intensive (PKT) ...

Finance Ministry underscores three focuses to address COVID-19 impacts

Director General of Financing and Risk Management of the Finance Ministry Luky Alfriman drew special attention to the ...

President Jokowi inaugurates Yogyakarta International Airport

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Friday, inaugurated the Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) in Kulon Progo ...

Batam's four public health posts closed over COVID-19 transmission

Four public health service posts (puskesmas) in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, were shut down after several of ...

Hope wage subsidy increases people's purchasing power: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said he hopes the government's wage subsidy program for low-income workers increases ...

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 ...

Government initiates disbursement of aid for low-wage workers

The government, on Monday, began the first phase of disbursement of aid for formal workers, with monthly income below ...

Cash labor-intensive program in water resource absorbs 163,003 workers

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry reported that 163,003 workers were absorbed under the cash ...

Jokowi sets 4.5-5.5 percent economic growth target range in 2021

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has set a target range of 4.5-5.5 percent for Indonesia's economic growth rate in ...

Monthly 15-kg rice assistance allotted to 10 million PKH beneficiaries

Some 10 million beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program (PKH) will receive the government's social aid of 15 ...