#second quarter

Collection of second quarter news, found 948 news.

IHSG opens higher before announcement of BI meeting outcome

The Jakarta Composite Share Price Index (IHSG) opened higher, Wednesday morning, ahead of Bank Indonesia's ...

Rupiah weakens against dollar as exports, imports drop

The Indonesian rupiah fell against the US dollar in the interbank Jakarta market on Tuesday evening on the back of a ...

Indonesia records $9.2-bln balance of payments surplus in Q2

Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$9.2 billion in its balance of payments in the second quarter of 2020 after ...

News Focus

As Indonesia battles twin crises, calls resonate for preserving unity

The 75th anniversary of Indonesia's Independence Day was celebrated across the country on Monday even as the nation ...

Government lowers growth forecast for 2020

The Indonesian government has revised the economic growth forecast downward for 2020 to minus 1.1-0.2 percent from ...

Need policy to relax deficit ceiling of 3% of GDP: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said the government still needs to draft a policy to relax the state budget deficit ceiling ...

Indonesia's foreign debts reach US$408.6 billion in Q2

Indonesia's foreign debts stood at US$408.6 billion in the second quarter of 2020, comprising US$199.3 billion from ...

Annual Speech

Indonesia should make huge leaps by working around crisis: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appealed to the nation to work around the current economic crisis as a momentum to ...

MPR supports govt for recovery of health, economic sectors: speaker

People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Bambang Soesatyo emphasized that the institution he led entirely supported ...

People's safety is highest principle of state governance: DPR speaker

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani laid emphasis on the fact that the people's safety is the ...

Govt accelerates absorption of budget to boost economy

The Indonesian government is making efforts to accelerate the absorption of the budget prepared by it, including the ...

Rupiah weakens in interbank market over recession concerns

  The Indonesian rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Tuesday over concerns ...

Indonesian economy to contract 0.49 percent this year: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has predicted the Indonesian economy will contract 0.49 ...

COVID-19 threatens to push aviation industry into bankruptcy: minister

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has said the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to push the aviation ...

Indonesian economy in better shape than other countries: minister

Despite contracting 5.32 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the second quarter of 2020, the Indonesian economy is still in a ...