Jakarta – Indonesia is far from done in its campaign to squeeze more value from its abundant natural resources, and its next target could be one of the most ubiquitous commodities of a

Gayatri Suroyo and Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest student demonstrations in decades will test President Joko Widodo's pledge to go all out in his second term to boost

Jakarta – A year after the implementation of an integrated online single submission (OSS) system for business licensing, businesspeople claim they have yet to benefit from the system a

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Violent street protests in Indonesia against a number of controversial laws risks damaging growth and stability in South-east Asia's biggest economy, according to

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – With more and more Indonesians entering the middle class and affluent consumer (MAC) demographic, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is urging young entrepren

Peter Brieger – Indonesia's surprise plan to roll out a nickel-ore export ban two years early could scare foreign investors away from Southeast Asia's biggest economy, analysts say, as

Jakarta – Legal uncertainties have hindered foreign investors from investing in Indonesia, especially in new or green field projects, Bank Indonesia (BI) senior deputy governor Destry

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the assembly plant of Solo Manufaktur Kreasi, producer of the homegrown Esemka, in Boyolali, Central Java, o

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered his ministers to prepare for a possible global recession in the coming months as the trade war between the United States and China

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday ordered his ministers to increase efforts to cut regulations that hurt foreign direct investment, aiming to shield Southeast Asi

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has approved the government's target of 5.3 percent economic growth for next year and this will be the foundation for other projections made unde

Jakarta – Indonesia's digital economy is expected to almost double in value from Rp 814 trillion last year to Rp 1.447 quadrillion (US$101 billion) by 2024, a recent study says.

Jakarta – Indonesia will unveil plans for increasing how much foreign investors can own of businesses in some sectors by year-end, the head of the country's investment board told Reute

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expansion slowed to 5.05 percent in the second quarter this year, from 5.27 percent in the same period last y

Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth leveled off slightly in the second quarter as an investment slowdown and lower exports wiped out the boost from the elections and festive spending

Jakarta – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commended the authorities' policy response in the face of strong external headwinds in 2018, which supported posi

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Papua – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has issued a regulation to help boost the involvement of Papuan businesspeople in procurement projects and speed up develop

Jakarta – Indonesia's annual inflation rate rose slightly to 3.32 percent in July, as raw food prices maintained an upward trend due to the dry season, the national statistics agency s

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The chairman of the Investment Coordinating Board, Thomas Trikasih Lembong, is optimistic investments would record a double-digit growth this year after a 7

Jakarta – Singapore remained the largest foreign investor in Indonesia during the first half, with investments of US$3.4 billion comprising 5,348 projects, according to the latest inve

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must streamline the bureaucracy and overhaul the relationship between the central and regional governments to improve the investmen

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has revived a discussion about relaxing the negative investment list (DNI) following a recent speech

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy will be unable to grow at more than 5.5 percent in the short term if structural problems hampering productivity are not resolved, Finance Minister Sri Mul

Jakarta – Indonesia posted a trade surplus in June amid declines in both the country's import and export, the Central Statistics Agency announced on Monday.

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Jakarta – Business activity improved in the second quarter, indicated by the increase of weighted net balance (WNB) to 19.17 percent from 8.65 percent in the previous quarter, accordin

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – The House of Representatives and the government have agreed on a set of macroeconomic assumptions that will form the basis for the 2020 state budget.

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Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.1 percent in the first quarter, consistently within a narrow range of 4.9-5.3 percent for the last 14 quarters, according to t

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo should take immediate action to boost the economy after the Constitutional Court rejected Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno's legal challenge to hi

Jakarta – Foreign investors have started investing in Indonesia's capital market thanks to the more stable condition of the country's economy.

Jakarta – The textile industry was one of Indonesia's largest earners of foreign exchange last year, with exports valued at $13 billion, marking a 5 percent increase from 2017.

Jakarta – Investors who are counting on Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo unleashing a wave of economic reforms in his second term may be sorely disappointed.

Antara & Christian Lee, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has suggested providing incentives to regions that have proven successful in encouraging investment and con

Karlis Salna, Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko "Widodo" Widodo has only a narrow window to lock in reforms needed to insulate the economy from escalating trade ructions and slowing

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has expressed his optimism that the economy will grow faster in the second quarter of 2019.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government pledges to push forward with its structural reforms after Indonesia showed an improvement in the International Institute for Management

Jakarta – Indonesia has leaped over its peers in Asia-Pacific in terms of competitiveness thanks to improvements in government efficiency, infrastructure and business conditions, Switz

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Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesia, an emerging middle-income country, is already the world's 16th largest economy by gross domestic product and the 10th strongest in terms of purc

Jakarta – The government has pledged to boost spending in the second quarter to significantly boost gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

Jakarta – State-owned lender PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) remains the largest public company in the country, according to a global list of companies compiled by Forbes.

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says that Indonesia will face difficulty in maintaining gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 5 percent this year because of the ongoi

Rachmadea Aisyah and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo launched on Tuesday the country's first master plan for a sharia economy for implementation from 2

Jakarta – The Haj Fund Management Agency (BPKH) has announced it has collected Rp 6 trillion (US$422.47 million) in returns from its investments in 2018, a 28 percent increase from its

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – The Indonesian economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the first quarter, as exports contracted and investment tapered o

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – The monthly inflation rate increased to 0.44 percent in April, higher than market expectations due mainly to an increase in food prices, Statistics Indonesi

Jakarta – Senior economist Faisal Basri of the University of Indonesia has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo must eliminate "vested interests" in the government that had been pu

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is expecting that household spending, the primary driver of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Indonesia, w