Liau Y-Sing and Yumi Teso, Kuala Lumpur – The rupiah's reign as Southeast Asia's best currency is set to be short-lived as the supportive inflow from a $12.3 billion tax amnesty program is about to

Damon Evans – East Timor could be bankrupt within a decade unless it takes urgent action to diversify its economy and reassess its fixation with mega-petroleum projects

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Textile Association (API) has called on the government to further regulate imports, as cheap imported textile products continue to flood the market, hitting the domestic in

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Paulina Quintao – The original tais (traditional cloth) of the Timor-Leste is in grave danger of becoming extinct due to the government's inaction to develop policy to promote and protect tradition

Last week, Timor-Leste's government issued a press release Timor-Leste's economic outlook positive as reforms begin to show results.

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Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Panic hit domestic financial markets on Friday as investors showed concern over the anticipated policies of US president-elect Donald Trump that may negatively affect Indo

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Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Indonesia needs to convince investors that its infrastructure projects could run in a structured manner in an effort to cover the US$146 billion financing gap by private

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Farida Susanty, Jakarta – With reduced budgets in 2017, the Transportation Ministry and Public Works and Public Housing Ministry have once again reiterated their wish to partner with the private se

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – The government is intensifying efforts to support the country's long-stagnant pharmaceutical industry after opening up the sector to foreign investment in its latest revisio

News Desl, Jakarta – Business players have strongly criticized a government-sanctioned business competition watchdog's plan to increase fines for companies proven guilty of cartel practices in the

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The earnings of Indonesian companies as of September has revealed a patchy recovery in local firms as they continue along a bumpy road with persistently weak demand.

Fadli, Batam – The recent departure of lithium battery maker PT Sanyo Energy Batam (SEB) from Batam, Riau Islands, should become a wake-up call for the government to intensify efforts to improve th

Jakarta – South Korean investors have begun complaining of irregularities they face in running their operations in Indonesia, amid the government's efforts to improve the business climate.

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Jakarta – Two years under the leadership of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the country is still struggling to make an impact on economic sectors, with development in rural areas and the country's

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Stefani Ribka and Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – As global trade remains under pressure, Indonesian exporters are being forced to rack their brains to keep their businesses going.

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – While lauding the government's 13 economic policy packages, foreign investors say they want to see more changes to smooth business activities.

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – A benign consumer price index (CPI) in September indicates that consumer spending remains weak, economists say.

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Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded its forecast for Indonesia's economic growth for this year and 2017, taking into account the subdued pickup of investments despite the gove

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Trikasih Lembong has promised to delist more sectors from the negative investment list (DNI) after holding a discussion

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – The government has accepted that its economic growth target for 2017 was over-optimistic.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – In his latest effort to push industrialization in the country, Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has called on related ministries to identify problems in each

Farida Susanty and Prima Wirayani, Medan/Jakarta – The government has dismissed concerns over next year's smaller state budget, arguing that the reduced state spending will still allow for various

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Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry will implement specific measures to prevent illegal stockpiling aimed at manipulating the price of goods in the market.

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Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's Independence Day speech on Tuesday – which covered the direction of the country's economy – was overshadowed by weak data on exports, cons

Prima Wirayani, Jakarta – Indonesia's balance of payments (BoP) ended in positive territory in the second quarter, thanks to improving exports and hefty foreign funds inflows.

Stefani Ribka – The consumer goods sector will remain the jewel of the Indonesian economy's crown, thanks to the country's large population and rising disposable income.

Fedina S. Sundaryani, Jakarta – Indonesians remain the third-most confident consumers in the world, behind those in India and the Philippines, a recent survey has revealed.

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected rate of 5.18 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the second quarter, marking an increase from 4.92 percent recorded in the f

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Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted the country's economy will grow by 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2016 as government spending is projected to increase.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – On his second day in office, newly appointed Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi pledged to make it easier for private businesses to get more involved in the transpo

Jakarta – Indonesia needs to take measures to combat state-owned enterprise monopolies in the logistics and transportation sectors to create a healthy business climate, the Indonesian Logistics and

Jakarta – Central Java will soon become the next shoe production center in the country after East Java and Banten, following the planned establishment of a new Converse shoe factory in Salatiga by

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Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Despite scoring the highest export value of the past year in June, Indonesia saw a 4 percent year-on-year export decrease during the month to US$12.92 billion compared to

Jakarta – The government should immediately issue all necessary regulations to allow its 12 economic stimulus packages to be fully implemented, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) c

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia is considered one of the promising emerging countries to invest in during the next 10 years by Business Monitor International (BMI) Research, which belongs to rat

Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Indonesia's oil and gas and heyday may have come to an end, with non-commodity sectors taking over as the engine of growth over the next ten years, according to a recent st