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Govt kicks off currency redenomination campaign

The government has kicked off a campaign to raise public awareness of its plan to redenominate the rupiah, the world`s ...

Number of bank account holders increased in 2012

Indonesia`s Central Bank`s Director of Payment Systems and Accounting, Boedi Armanto, said the number of bank account ...

Banking transactions fall sharply: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) noted that banking transactions fell sharply during the flooding in Jakarta on ...

Rupiah gains against US dollar on intervention by central bank

The Indonesian currency rupiah gained 40 points against the US dollar on Thursday morning on intervention by Bank ...

BI asked to prevent further weakening of rupiah

Economist from Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia Lana Soelistianingsih said Bank Indonesia should intervene strongly to ...

BI sees three challenges facing economy in 2013

Bank Indonesia has seen three main challenges facing the country`s economy in 2013 despite optimism over its good ...

BI: oil fuel consumption and subsidy pivotal problem

Bank Indonesia governor Darmin Nasution said high oil fuel consumption and subsidy is a pivotal problem that needs to ...

Central bank makes right decision on BI rate: Economist

A leading economist said Bank Indonesia has made a right decision in maintaining its benchmark interest rate at 5.75 ...

BI predicts economy will grow by 6.3%

According to Bank Indonesia, the country`s economy will grow by 6.3 to 6.8 percent in 2013. "Indonesia`s economy ...

Forex from exports still small: Central bank

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) said foreign exchange receipts from exports (DHE) were still small because of a ...

Rupiah gains against US dollar

The Indonesian currency rupiah regained part of its previous losses in value against the US dollar in Thursday`s ...

Technical factors push down rupiah on Wednesday

The rupiah dropped to Rp9,790 per dollar on Wednesday due to technical factors. "Technically, the rupiah`s ...

Indonesia`s foreign exchange reserves rise to US$1.49 billion

Indonesia`s foreign exchange reserves, as of December 28, 2012, reached US$112.78 billion, up US$1.49 billion from ...

Assets of Bank Mutiara increase 17.2%

PT Bank Mutiara Tbk (Bank Mutiara) reported a healthy growth in 2012 with assets growing 17.2 percent on-year to ...

Indonesia`s economic growth best after China

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said Indonesia`s economic growth in 2012 was good, rating it as the best after ...