Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia is on course to meet its annual investment target as overall investment growth has been maintained at above 20 percent in the third quarter, wit

Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian foreign exchange (forex) reserves are at risk of depleting as no definite solution is in sight to end the current US fiscal impasse.

A newspaper in East Timor has reported comments by a local citizen expressing fears of foreign domination in the economy and land particularly by Chinese and Indonesian investors.

Raras Cahyafitri and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesia surprisingly recorded a 0.35 percent deflation in September, the first since May, triggered by declining food and transportati

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Despite exchange rate depreciation, high inflation and slower growth, the country is not likely to slip into another 1997-1998 crisis, says the International M

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government says it is becoming more concerned that the weakening rupiah will unexpectedly cause soaring energy subsidies despite its commitment not to

Arno Maierbrugger, Singapore – A Southeast Asian country quite off the radar of the international community is East Timor.

Jakarta – High logistics costs are a serious impediment to higher economic growth for Indonesia, says a report released on Friday by Bandung's Institute of Technology in West Java, in p

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Due to the recent trend of capital outflow, Indonesia was particularly vulnerable to financial stress, economists have said.

US group General Electric plans to invest in East Timor (Timor-Leste), the country's minister for Public Works, Gastao de Sousa said Tuesday as he welcomed a delegation headed up by the

Jakarta – The implementation of infrastructure projects planned by the government still need to be worked on, following the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) report published by the Wo

The former Prime Minister of East-Timor, Mari Alkatiri, has visited Macau in the hope of attracting investment for the special zones project under development in his country.

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Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The government is trying to calm the debt market, reassuring it that it has sufficient funds at its disposal to pay its dollar debts, as the local currenc

Satria Sambijantoro and Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Local financial markets remained bearish with stocks, bonds and currency markets all down on Monday as market players responded negati

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The package of economic measures announced by the government on Friday to overcome the growing current account deficit and avert further economic slowdown woul

Wahyu Sudoyo & Tito Summa Siahaan – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to revise the negative list of investment among other policies he promises to reveal on Friday, in a mov

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Raras Cahyafitri and Tassia Sipahutar, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks traded in the red zone on Monday as equity assets were dumped, while the rupiah took another dive, and remained defens

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's impressive period of 6-plus percent economic expansion is over, after its economy posted only 5.8 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth

Novrida Manurung – Indonesia's inflation accelerated to the highest level in more than four years in July, adding to risks facing Southeast Asia's largest economy as growth cools.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia may face another downturn in its economy as the slowdown in foreign investment would likely continue at least until the next two years as foreig

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The rupiah extended its losses on Thursday after Bank Indonesia (BI) moderated its market intervention, with the currency declining for the tenth consecut

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) has finally relented to intense pressure on the rupiah by allowing it to trade above the psychological threshold of 10,000 per US doll

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Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government is planning to allow alcoholic beverage producers to expand their output in a move to meet increasing domestic and overseas demand.

Gita Rossiana – The growth rate in lending by Indonesian banks fell in June as consumers delayed purchasing high-price items like cars or motorcycles amid fears of rising inflation.

Jakarta – Issues surrounding Tanjung Priok Port's dwelling time are heating up, with logistics and forwarding firms accusing state-owned port operator Pelindo II of taking benefits from

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Businesses and consumers are to suffer further losses as the time it takes for goods to enter and leave Tanjung Priok Port – the country's main port – continues

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is at risk of falling below 6 percent for the first time in more than two years as growth drivers such as domestic consumption

Jakarta – The government has promised to remove all the permits deemed to have hampered investment activities both in the manufacturing sector and oil and gas sectors amid growing conce

Dili – Timor-Leste is on track to post growth of 9.5% in 2013 the strongest rate in the Pacific region but some downside risks for the economy loom, says the latest Pacific Economic Mon

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – All signs point to a less than rosy outlook for Indonesia, as weaker purchasing power is poised to drag down economic growth, which is already under press

Ritchie King – That extreme outlier in the chart above, the one throwing off the entire scale – that's East Timor.

East Timor's Oil Fund grew by US$1.2 billion in the first quarter of the year to US$13 billion at the end of March, said the East Timor Central Bank in Dili Monday.

Tassia Sipahutar and Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Declining consumer spending and lower investment have unexpectedly caused a drag on the country's economic growth, leading to its slowest

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Five years ago, property agent Daisul Akhyar took 20 minutes to drive to work in Pekanbaru, capital of Indonesia's Riau province.

East Timor is the second of only two countries in Asia that in 2013 and 2014 are expected to post economic growth of two figures, with 10 percent growth in both years, according to the

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Healthy economic growth has allowed for the logistics industry to enjoy a 14.5 percent growth to Rp 1,634 trillion (US$168.3 billion) this year, creating strong

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – The slow disbursement of the state budget for infrastructure development may further threaten growth in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) that ha

Dion Bisara – The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for Indonesia this year as the pace of domestic investment recedes and pressures on the country's external balance intensify due

The Portuguese secretary of state for Energy, Artur Trindade, is due Tuesday to begin an official visit to East Timor in the company of Portuguese businesspeople, the State Secretariat

A conference intended to find partners for construction of Eat Timor's new port and airport has taken place in Dili, organised by the Timorese government with the support of the Interna

Dion Bisara & Fracezka Nangoy – Indonesia's inflation accelerated at its fastest pace in 20 months in February as consumers started to pay higher electricity bills and prices of som

Indonesia's rupiah fell by the most in a week as the nation posted its fourth monthly trade deficit in January, weighing on the current account.

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said Wednesday that there was no 'political pressure' behind his nomination as the Bank Indonesia (BI) governor.

Zakir Hussain – Congested streets and growing consumer demand suggest that Indonesia's robust economic growth continues to benefit many.

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Jakarta – Indonesia's current account deficit in 2012 was 2.7 percent of gross domestic product, wider than the initial target of 2.4 percent, the central bank said on Wednesday.