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COVID-19 shifts tourism focus to safe, responsible travel

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought the world to a standstill, with people around the globe confined ...

BI governor upbeat about stronger position of rupiah amid pandemic

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo is buoyant about the rupiah strengthening, as the exchange rate traded on ...

More temporarily laid-off workers reporting drop in income: survey

A survey of 87,379 workers conducted by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has revealed that the percentage of workers ...

Foreign tourist arrivals in April decline by 87.44 percent: BPS

Foreign tourist arrivals in April 2020 decreased sharply by 87.44 percent to 160 thousand in April 2020, from 1.27 ...

May 2020 inflation rate clocked in at 0.07 percent: BPS

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded an inflation rate of 0.07 percent in May 2020 or lower from the ...

BI sees inflation around 0.09% in May

Bank Indonesia (BI) has projected a low inflation rate of around 0.09 percent for the month of May this year, with ...

Indonesia books US$350 million trade deficit in April 2020: BPS

Indonesia posted a US$350-million trade deficit in April 2020 on the back of exports slumping 7.02 percent to Rp12.19 ...

National farm workers' daily nominal wages increased in April: BPS

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) highlighted that the daily nominal wages of national farm workers in April 2020 ...

Watch out for plummeting imports of raw, auxiliary materials: BPS

The head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) urged to keep a sharp lookout for a fall in imports of raw and ...

President upbeat about social assistance boosting purchasing power

President Joko Widodo is optimistic that the government's social assistance programs would increase the ...

President Joko Widodo highlights shallot, sugar prices still high

President Joko Widodo is persistently endeavoring to find a solution to bring down the prices of shallots and sugar ...

Freight volumes fall sharply in logistics sector due to COVID-19

Cargo volumes in the logistics sector, including transportation and warehousing, in the first quarter of 2020 grew by ...

BPS cancels plan to conduct face-to-face population census

Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has decided not to conduct a face-to-face population census, ...

Indonesia's Q1 economic performance outshines other nations: Jokowi

Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter (Q1) at 2.97 percent year-on-year (yoy) is still relatively good ...

President cautions of food crop sub-sector contracting in Q1 2020

President Joko Widodo expressed concern over the contraction in several sub-sectors, including food crops, thereby ...