Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) will closely monitor the increase of bad loans, particularly in four business sectors, as they are slowly approaching the benchmark set b

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Doing business in Indonesia has become easier, but corruption remains the major impediment that drags on its economic performance, according to a survey conduc

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – While the latest indicators show that inflation is falling and the trade balance posted a surprising surplus, the positive data could conceal underlying p

Tama Salim, Jakarta – Indonesia remains the top destination in the ASEAN region for future US corporate expansion despite the many challenges for companies doing business in the country

Satria Sambijantoro and Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Investors and industry representatives on Thursday responded positively to the Constitutional Court ruling that dismissed Prabowo Subia

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Alarm bells have begun to ring again after the release of statistics showing the country's current-account deficit, the major worry among investors, widen

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade balance continued to record a deficit in the first half of this year (H1), driven by a significant loss in the oil and gas trade, renewing pr

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment (FDI) growth in Indonesia has reached a historic high in the second quarter after slowing earlier this year, partly boosted by n

Jakarta – The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has confirmed that Singapore topped the foreign investor list in Indonesia during the first half of 2014.

Kanupriya Kapoor & Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – Indonesia's new president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, promised to make life simpler for investors by beefing up the country's threadbare i

Muhamad Al Azhari, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks and the rupiah fell on Tuesday after presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto withdrew from the electoral process and told supporters to le

Sam Reeves, Jakarta – Indonesia faces a long period of uncertainty after last week's disputed presidential election, analysts warn – raising fears for Southeast Asia's top economy as gr

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Andrew Janes, Yudith Ho & Harry Suhartono – Indonesian stocks rose to a one-year high and the rupiah touched the strongest level in seven weeks after Joko Widodo said unofficial cou

Jakarta – Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has aired suspicions that an "import mafia", or group of cartels, was responsible for making Indonesia's economy dependent on impor

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesians must brace for an even weaker rupiah if Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential race, global investment bankers said.

Jakarta – Tobacco-control activists have presented more evidence to dispel myths on the negative impact the United Nations' Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will have on t

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Concerns of a loan default by Indonesia's private sector are growing among economists following another rise in the sector's foreign debt for the second time

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The investment climate in Aceh remains mired by stumbling blocks that have hampered economic acceleration despite foreign and domestic investment this ye

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia, one of the world's most resilient economies, saw its gross domestic product (GDP) growth slow far below expectations in the first quarter of th

Jakarta – Indonesia has the 10th largest economy in the world, according to a recent report by the World Bank, with the country contributing 2.3 percent of global economic output.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesia's exports unexpectedly rose for the first time this year in March, boosting confidence that the trade balance may maintain a surplus till the end of

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Investors dumped Indonesian assets a day after the country's legislative election resulted in an unexpected weak showing for the political party behind po

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The generally peaceful election may yield a short-term upside to financial markets but there is growing concern about the effectiveness of future economic

Timor-Leste's leaders often boast that the country's non-oil Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is growing more than 10% per year faster than global inflation – that is, at "double-digit rate

Linda Yulisman and Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have ruled out the possibility of revising policy to cope with the slowdown in the country's man

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – Indonesia's competitiveness is suffering because, despite improvements, its logistics performance still lags behind its Southeast Asian neighbors, a World

Jakarta – World Bank (WB) lead economist Jim Brumby predicts that the Indonesian economy will still face a number of challenges related to the country's uncertain investment levels and

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia posted slower growth in its total foreign debts – in both the public and private sectors – throughout 2013 as the country's economic growth deceler

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Government spending and exports became the main driver of gross domestic product (GDP) growth last year and managed to offset a decline in investment.

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Honda opened its second car manufacturing factory in Indonesia this month, and Datsun is set to follow suit in April.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Amid the recent financial turmoil in Turkey and other emerging economies, Indonesia's biggest fund managers carry a warning: Watch out for domino effects.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has proposed a set of recommendations for the next government, which is expected to take office in October, to deal wit

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's commitment to increasing its value-added exports has proven to be a vast boon to the economy, with the country set to see at least Rp 180 tril

Tito Summa Siahaan – Investment in Indonesia reached a record high in 2013, exceeding the government's own target but the pace of growth is likely to slow down this year amid a tighter

Jakarta – The government should be focusing more attention on the informal sector, which plays a significant role in the country's economy; to do otherwise could constrain development,

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Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The slow recovery of the world's economy will continue to cast a shadow over Indonesia's exports as overseas demand for the country's commodities is likely to

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government's inability to set realistic economic targets for this year has resulted in the failure to seek solutions that adequately address the current ec

Satria Sambijantoro, Nusa Dua, Bali – International stakeholders have warned Indonesia the market will "punish" the nation if it fails to implement the medium- and long-term reforms nee

Satria Sambijantoro, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia is now racing against the clock to boost its manufacturing sector and strengthen its supply-side economy as the nation is on the brink of

Agustinus Tetiro – State-owned construction companies Waskita Karya and Pembangunan Perumahan have set their eyes on the developing economy of East Timor.

Jakarta – Businesses are urging the Indonesian government to take measures to reduce logistics costs in a bid to increase the country's competitiveness ahead of the ASEAN Economic Commu

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to reduce the foreign ownership cap in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical sectors and open up new industries, such as airport manag

Nurfika Osman and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia's unemployment rate reportedly rose in August on the back of the economic slowdown, as shown by the latest data from the Central

Indonesia's economy expanded at its weakest rate in four years in the third quarter as a result of slowing exports and subdued domestic demand.

Jakarta – Despite the Indonesian government's strong commitment to improve the investment climate and simplify licensing procedures, the country still ranks among the lowest in the annu

Jakarta – Inadequate sanitation services diminish Indonesia's economic growth potential, says the World Bank's latest report on the country's urban sanitation.