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Indonesian economy shows signs of recovery

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that the Indonesian economy had contracted 3.49 percent year-on-year (yoy) ...

Government should make concrete steps to address recession: Lawmaker

A lawmaker has called on the government to take concrete steps to deal with economic recession on account of the ...

Govt spending fuels 3rd quarter growth: BPS

Government consumption was the only expenditure component that contributed to the country's growth in the third ...

Improvement in economic growth driven by fiscal stimulus: minister

Fiscal stimulus helped improve the economic growth figure to minus 3.49 percent in the third quarter, better than the ...

Realization of economic recovery funds has reached Rp366 trillion: PEN

Chairman of the Task Force for National Economic Recovery (PEN) and Transformation Budi Gunadi Sadikin affirmed that ...

Optimal social protection budget realization revs up economic recovery

Maximum budget realization for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program, especially pertaining to social ...

State budget instrumental in helping public thwart pandemic's impact

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati gave due weightage to the state budget as a crucial instrument to help the ...

State spending grew 15.5 percent as of September 2020

Until September 31, 2020, state expenditure had grown by 15.5 percent (yoy), amounting to Rp1,841.1 trillion, from ...

Indonesia's economic recovery began in third quarter of 2020: Minister

Indonesia's economic recovery began in the 2020 third quarter (Q3) owing to government spending on the National ...

Govt aims to expand aid, cover 20 mln micro businesses: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government is targeting to increase the number of micro business beneficiaries ...

Government disburses Rp304.6 trillion for handling COVID-19

The government has disbursed Rp304.6 trillion of its Rp695.2-trillion budget for COVID-19 handling and the economic ...

Stricter social distancing measures crucial to control COVID-19: UI

Based on data compiled as of September 24, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has not shown any signs of abating ...

Govt's Rp293-trillion social safety net cluster funds to reduce burden

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on the government’s disbursal of social safety net cluster funds of ...

Prioritize efforts to thwart spread of COVID-19: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called to give top priority to endeavors to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, ...

Ensure social safety net is effective and on target: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on his staff to ensure that programs under the social protection net scheme ...