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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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.

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