Indonesia has asked to re-write a new regional trade pact with China, citing fears of job losses due to a flood of cheap Chinese imports across various sectors, officials said Wednesday

Rebecca Le May – A stalemate between East Timor's Government and a Woodside Petroleum-led joint venture to develop the $6.6 billion Sunrise LNG and oil project is likely to drag on.

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – East Timor's government said Wednesday it will block proposals by an Australian-led consortium to develop a disputed oil and gas field worth billions of dolla

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence weakened slightly in December partly due to higher food prices in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, a central bank survey showed.

Jakarta – The country's 2009 inflation rate touched 2.78 percent, the lowest full year level (December-to-December) in a decade, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced Monday.

Alfian, Jakarta – Pressured by falling oil production and failure to attract enough investors to develop new oil and gas blocks, the government says it will abandon the recently adopted

Indonesia's inflation held near a nine-year low in December, providing the central bank room to delay raising interest rates.

Jakarta – Unfair procurement tenders topped the list of cases reported to the anti-monopoly watchdog throughout 2009.

Muhamad Al Azhari, Irvan Tisnabudi & Dion Bisara – Despite the turbulence in financial markets decimating global commerce and nearly toppling trade-driven economies in February, the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – While the financial health of Indonesia's overall banking sector remains fairly sturdy despite massive shocks from the global banking crisis, one key indicat

Reva Sasistiya – Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest oil producer, has failed to meet its investment target for the oil and gas sector because contractors cut spending as the economic s

Aditya Suharmoko and Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Ministerial regulations on full implementation of the free trade agreement between ASEAN and China (ACFTA) have been finalized, becoming

Ardian Wibisono – While the global financial crisis was swallowing lenders whole and engulfing economies worldwide this year, Indonesia's banking sector did a good job of navigating the

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Foreign businesses have demanded transparency in the House of Representative's inquiry into the Bank Century bailout and fear it may create political uncerta

Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign direct investment is set to rebound 15 percent in 2010 on a global economic recovery after dropping 28 percent this year to just below $10 billion, the sta

Camelia Pasandaran – Four ministries and the Investment Coordinating Board on Wednesday signed a joint regulation aimed at slashing the time needed to license a new business from 60 day

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy may expand closer to 6 percent next year if the government can address problems related to sea transportation and ports, prominent econom

Jakarta – Forget about competing with China – Indonesia lags behind Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia in terms of trade and investment relations with EU member countries, an EU study revea

Irvan Tisnabudi & Camelia Pasandaran – While Indonesian textile producers have been lamenting the industry's lack of preparedness for a region-wide free-trade agreement with China t

Dion Bisara & Janeman Latul – As the Corruption Eradication Commission formally announced its own probe into the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) state bailout of PT Ban

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Indonesia's job market improved in August as the jobless rate fell to 7.87 percent from 8.39 percent a year earlier, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) anno

Roffie Kurniawan – Indonesia's exports rebounded strongly in October, growing on an annual basis for the first time in 12 months, the Central Statistics Agency said on Tuesday.

Daniel Flitton – East Timor has warned it will abandon a multibillion-dollar deal with Australia to exploit natural gas fields in the Timor Sea unless a pipeline is built to deliver the

Lilian Karunungan – - Coal and palm oil exporters' profit margins may narrow should the rupiah rise another 4 percent to 9,000 per dollar, and the costs of fuel and rice keep climbing,

Jakarta – The value of mobilized domestic investment doubled this year as confidence in the country's economy increased, the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) says.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Driven by an increase in consumer spending, the country's economic growth accelerated faster in the third quarter after losing speed for more than a year on

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Rounds of blackouts have hit numerous manufacturers operating in Greater Jakarta, with garment producers already incurring penalties due to delayed deliverie

Dian Ariffahmi, Yessar Rossendar & Teguh Prasetyo – Foreign manufacturers are joining the growing list of industries unhappy with Jakarta's ongoing blackouts, saying frequent work s

Teguh Prasetyo & Aditya Wikrama – Indonesia's competition regulator on Tuesday ruled that the Indonesian subsidiary of French retail giant Carrefour was guilty of breaching antitrus

Ardian Wibisono – Indonesia's strong domestic fundamentals should allow its economy to remain strong despite the prospects for a more sluggish global recovery than had recently been pre

Jakarta – Bank Mandiri, the country's largest bank by assets, claims its outlook is positive despite more than Rp 3 trillion (US$313 million) in non-performing loans (NPLs).

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The now-infamous saga between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Police, and the arrest of two KPK leaders, must be resolved immedi

Venisa Tjahjono & Aditya Wikrama – Consumer spending is continuing to drive Indonesia's economy, with telecommunications firms leading the gains in major companies' results through

Maarten Kallenberg, Head of Consumer Confidence Index – Indonesian consumer confidence has seen a steady increase over the last six months.

Berni Moestafa – Indonesia's stocks fell, with the benchmark index set for its biggest loss in almost a year, on concern a global economic recovery is slowing, reducing demand for the n

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – The presence of more than 5,000 bylaws and draft bylaws is a major hindrance for potential investment in provinces across the country, says an Investment Coor

Irvan Tisnabudi & Muhamad Al Azhari – The government had spent less than a quarter of the Rp 11.55 trillion ($1.22 billion) allocated to infrastructure projects this year as of the

Indonesia's rupiah fell the most in more than two months on concern emerging-market central banks will follow Brazil's example in imposing a tax on overseas investment to temper currenc

Muhamad Al Azhari & Dian Ariffahmi – A new Trade Ministry regulation issued on Friday will allow alcoholic-beverage makers to supply their products directly to retailers without hav

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – As confidence in the economy continues to rise, investors in Indonesia remain bullish about the stock market – already one of the world's best performing bour

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Bank lending will grow at a slower pace than expected this year, but will accelerate next year as the economy recovers, says the central bank.

Dion Bisara & Muhamad Al Azhari – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is expecting the country's annual growth to rebound in the third quarter, supported by global economic recov

Irvan Tisnabudi – The recently passed law on regional taxes should be welcomed by business because it sends regional governments a clear signal to stop levying unreasonable or illegal t

Dion Bisara & Muhamad Al Azhari – Sluggish government spending is giving rise to fears that the country will fail to meet the projected 2009 growth target of 4.3 percent.

The rupiah strengthened to its highest level in a year on Tuesday, as the country's strong economic prospects and comparatively high interest rates boosted foreign investment.

Aditya Suharmoko – Prices accelerated in September due to higher demand in the fasting month and Idul Fitri holiday, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), prompting predicti

Jakarta – Hunched over in brightly lit assembly lines, 300 women churn out 60,000 pairs of sports shoes a month at a factory in Tangerang, an hour's drive from Indonesia's capital.

Jakarta – The World Bank has approved new long-term loans worth $1.1 billion to Indonesia, most of which will be targeted at improving the investment climate in Southeast Asia's biggest

The Asian Development Bank raised its growth forecasts for Indonesia on Tuesday, as it did for regional heavyweights China and India, saying the region is leading a global recovery but

Elisabeth Oktofani – Previously known as an area of conflict, East Timor is becoming a land of opportunity.