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Impact of fuel price hike to be temporary

The chairman of the Indonesian Business Association (Apindo) Sofyan Wanandi said he believed the impact of a rising ...

Fuel price hikes to trigger 8.5 percent inflation: Citi

Citi Securities has predicted that if the government realizes its plan to increase subsidized fuel oil prices, it ...

Economic growth expected to slow down: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted that the national economy in the second quarter of 2013 will grow at a slower pace ...

Social protection prevents inflation impact: VP

Vice President Boediono said that compensation as part of social protection should be given to the poor in preventing ...

Indonesia can achieve 6.6 pct economic growth this year

Amid predictions of lower economic growth by international institutions, Bank Indonesia (BI) is still convinced that ...

Public consumption expected to boost economic growth: Official

Public consumption is expected to generate Indonesia`s economic growth which is set at 6.8 percent in 2013, finance ...

Minister calls for improvement of onion trade regulation

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has asked the ministry of agriculture and the ministry of trade to improve a ...

Dahlan Iskan accepts delay in gas price hike

State-owned Enterprises (SOE) minister Dahlan Iskan said he accepted the government decision to reject a proposal to ...

Longer mortgage period to accelerate home ownership

The North Sumatra chapter of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI) said that the extension of mortgage period to 25 years ...

Tthree factors blamed for growth failure

The government has set an economic growth target for 2012 at a range of between 6.3 percent and 6.5 percent but in ...

Power tariff increase should be evaluated

The government`s plan to increase the electricity tariff by 15 percent this year should be evaluated, said the ...

Electricity rate hike to weaken laborers` purchasing power

An increase in the price of electricity beginning this month will reduce the purchasing power of laborers, Said Iqbal, ...

Small industries hardest hit by electricity tariff hike

An economist said the government`s decision to raise the electric tariff would weaken the competitiveness of the ...

Tourist arrival target of 9 million for 2013 realistic

Indonesia`s target of attracting 9 million tourists in 2013 is very realistic, a senior tourism official said. ...

MRT fare of us$3.95 too expensive: minister

Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa has stated that the Mass Rapid Transportation (MRT) fare of ...