Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Economic reforms undertaken by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo have drawn strong inflows in the equity and bonds markets, but have failed to propel the rupiah as curre

Linda Yulisman and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – In its plenary session on Monday, the House of Representatives agreed 37 bills set for deliberation this year, with more than half related to reform i

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded deflation in January as the decline in fuel prices dragged down food and transportation costs further than expected, creating room for the central

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The new one-stop integrated service (PTSP) launched by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday is expected to simplify investment licensing procedures and improve ease of

Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – The plunge in the global oil price presents risks to the country's state budget as income from the sector could fall further and oil output might also drop on cost-cutti

Satria Sambijantoro and Raras Cahyafitri, Jakarta – Cuts in fuel prices, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and cement announced by the government on Friday would have limited impact on the economy in t

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – With a significant cut in the fuel subsidy, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will be able to double the government's capital expenditure (capex) in the revised 2015 sta

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on Thursday another foreign debt regulation involving a stricter reporting system for local companies planning to borrow US dollars amid

Linda Yulisman and Tama Salim, Jakarta – Indonesian exporters may well struggle again this year as the global economic slowdown is likely continue to have an impact on their business.

Muhamad Al Azhari, Erwida Maulia & Agustiyanti, Jakarta – A leading business lobby with strong ties to the administration of President Joko Widodo has called for a tax amnesty, in w

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has been warned about potential missteps in his development agenda as his ambition to drastically increase Indonesia's econ

Headlines – Despite Bank Indonesia's (BI) continuous pledge to guard currency stability, the rupiah nose dived to the weakest level in 16 years, bringing the specter of the 1998 Asian f

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament Estanislau da Silva has criticized the government for its failure to attract major investors to Timor-Leste.

Eveline Danubrata & Nicholas Owen, Jakarta – Indonesia's new government is launching a bid to convince skeptical foreign investors to pour billions of dollars into improving the cou

Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth has decelerated to its slowest rate since the global financial crisis five years ago, with the country's c

Paulina Quintao – Deputy Minister for Industry and the Environment Abel da Costa Ximenes says the government will not intervene to regulate prices for goods as sales tax produces revenu

Judith Ugwumadu – The government of Timor-Leste must further strengthen its public financial management in order to smooth spending over the long term to avoid a 'fiscal cliff', the Int

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Paulina Quintao – The decision by the government to use Indonesia bottled water at recent international events such as the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) conference,

Paulina Quintao – Timor-Leste's 2014 non-petroleum sector derived economic growth is projected to hit 8 per cent, according to government estimates.

Jakarta – Indonesia needs more mainstay products in order to compete in the Asean Economic Community (AEC), Executive Chairman of the Indonesian Communications and Information Technolog

The growing inequality is the most visible negative product of economic growth during SBY's tenure.

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