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Finance minister to reallocate social aid budget

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has said he would reallocate social aid budgets that did not have clear ...

Economic growth tends to drift towards lower limit: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has forecast that the countrys economic growth will tend to veer towards the lower limit of its ...

Giant Sea Wall believed to prevent flooding

The construction of the Giant Sea Wall mega project in North Jakarta is expected to prevent tidal flooding, which ...

Jakarta will still be hit by flooding : Ahok

Jakarta will still be hit by further floods during the peak of the rainy season in December this year and January next ...

Indonesia`s economy slows in third quarter

Indonesias economy has slowed in the third quarter this year, growing only 5.62 percent (year-on-year) from 5.81 ...

Indoensia's inflation may reach 9 percent

Indonesia's inflation may jump to 9 percent this year under the impact of the recent rise in the prices of subsidized ...

Rupiah weakening not to affect investment

Head of the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) M. Chatib Basri said the weakening of the rupiah exchange ...

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 ...

Deficit must be kept below three percent of GDP: Deputy minister

State budget deficit should be below three percent of the gross domestic product so that fiscal risks of additional ...

Anti-graft body arrests another judge on corruption charges

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested a judge on corruption charges in the West Java provincial capital ...

Indonesia state budget prone to abuses ahead of 2014 elections

The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) has predicted that 2013 will be a political year, in which there ...

Indonesian govt to promote Baduy land as culture tourism center

The local government is developing the Baduy Land into a culture tourism site. Baduy is populated by about ...

Indonesia provided with US$5 billion stand-by loans

Indonesia has secured commitment for US$5 billion stand-by loans from international parties to anticipate budget ...

Social affairs minister on working visit to Ambon

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri arrived in Ambon on Thursday morning, on a two-day working visit, in a ...

Indonesia fifth largest country with elderly population

Indonesia is now the fifth largest country to have a huge amount of elderly people in the world, reaching up to 18.04 ...