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ADB revises RI`s 2012 economic growth down to 6.5 pct

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted the Indonesia economy will expand 6.6 percent this year while revising ...

year-ender: RI to reform its budgeting system in 2012

The low capacity of government ministries and other agencies to absorb state budget funds often causes unspent public ...

Seven Israeli women held over right-wing violence

Seven young Israeli women, six of them minors, have been arrested on suspicion of participating in the destruction of ...

Indonesia ready to face global crisis in 2012

Having prepared itself by taking anticipatory steps in the economic field over the past several months, Indonesia ...

s Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports down 58 pct

South Sulawesi`s cocoa bean exports in the ten months through October plunged 58.94 percent to US$138.550 million from ...

RI needs law to control population growth : official

Indonesia needs a law on population growth rate control now that its population has undergone a significant increase ...

Govt urged not to waste state budget

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has called on ministries and other state institutions to maximize the absorption of ...

Thai PM hospitalised with food poisoning

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, grappling with a devastating flood crisis, was admitted to hospital on ...

Cement sales growth to slow down in 2012

Growth in cement sales in Indonesia is expected to decline next year due to a global economic slowdown, president ...

news focus: RI team`s dream to come true on Monday

After defeating Vietnam with a 2-0 score in the 26th SEA Games soccer competition`s semifinals on Saturday night, ...

BI asks banks to operate more efficiently

Bank Indonesia (BI) Friday asked national banks to operate more efficiently to reduce overhead cost and lower lending ...

news focus: BI rate cut by 50 basis points surprises observers

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank)`s step to lower its benchmark rate by 50 basis points on Thursday was seen by ...

Indonesia keeps monitoring European crisis

Indonesia is closely monitoring the economic crisis in Europe, especially after Italy on the sidelines of G20 meeting ...

Banks should follow central bank`s rate cut

Bank Indonesia`s step to cut its benchmark interest rate should be followed by the lowering of banks` lending rates so ...

BI cuts key rate by 50 basis points to 6 pct

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) decided on Thursday to cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 6 ...