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BPS lists three issues central to Golden Indonesia 2045 goal

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has highlighted three crucial issues that Indonesia needs to take into account to ...

Public involved in deliberation on Job Creation Law: Manpower Ministry

Members of the public, including employers and labor unions, were involved in the process of deliberation on the Job ...

Rupiah strengthens against dollar on forex reserve hike

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Monday evening on the back ...

Cash labor-intensive program absorbs 402,449 workers by Aug-end: govt

The Public Works and Housing Ministry claimed that 402,449 workers were employed through the cash labor-intensive (PKT) ...

IHSG expected to perform positively over positive regional markets

The Jakarta Composite Share Price Index (IHSG) can potentially strengthen early this week amid positive trend at the ...

Rupiah appreciates against US dollar over improving US manpower data

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market early this week in tandem with ...

Bappenas endorses budget planning to lower impacts of COVID-19

The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (PPN/Bappenas) has encouraged local ...

Manpower minister projects over 5.23 million more to become unemployed

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has pegged the number of unemployed people in Indonesia to reach between 2.92 million ...

Open unemployment rate slides to 4.99% in Feb: BPS

Indonesia's open unemployment rate dropped to 4.99 percent in February, 2020 from 5.01 percent a year earlier, ...

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Laid-off workers to benefit from Pre-Employment Card Program

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered massive layoffs globally, including Indonesia, hammering ...

Ministry projects COVID-19 to spike unemployment by five million

Unemployment in Indonesia is estimated to increase by five million over the economic pressure caused by the COVID-19 ...

Indonesia to steadily boost economic relations with South Africa

Indonesia will continually strive to intensify economic relations with South Africa in 2020, Indonesian Ambassador to ...

Indonesia's economy forecast to record 5.05 percent growth in 2019

Vice Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara has projected Indonesia’s economy to register a slower paced growth in 2019 ...

Indonesia prepped to contribute to realization of SDGs: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) echoed Indonesia’s preparedness to contribute to the Association of Southeast ...

State budget should encourage prosperity among Indonesian people

An economic observer at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Enny Sri Hartati, said that the ...