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

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

April Aswadi & Muhamad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has broken his long silence over the controversy surrounding the Bank Century bailout, saying he had officially

Indonesia's foreign and local-currency sovereign debt ratings were upgraded on Wednesday to Ba2 from Ba3 at Moody's Investors Service, which cited the nation's economic resilience.

Dili – Dili's gleaming new Presidential Palace and Foreign Ministry, gifts from China, stand in stark contrast to nearby burned-out buildings and are symbols of how the energy-hungry su

The differing priorities of Australia and East Timor have come to the fore, at a major oil and gas industry conference.

The kiosks at the Mercado Market tell the whole story: almost everything here, from toothpaste and household appliances, to clothing to seasoning commodities like turmeric, comes from I

Mark Dodd – East Timor has called for an end to delays over the development of the oil and gas-rich Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea after new interest from investors in Malaysia,

The new law on local government taxes drew a mixed reaction from the country's business leaders on Tuesday, with some cautiously welcoming the legislation and others saying they needed

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The second quarter of this year saw the manufacturing sector grow at its slowest rate since the start of the crisis, regardless of the increase in domestic s

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's key rate is yet to affect lending rates despite its drop by 300 basis points to 6.5 percent since late 2008, says the House of Representativ

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – The latest data from the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI) shows that foreign investors controlled 66.1 percent of assets in the local stock mar

Muhamad Al Azhari – The economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the previous quarter largely due to lower private consumption and an anticipated contract

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Most analysts believe last month's double hotel bombing in Jakarta is unlikely to have much permanent impact on Indonesia's economy, provided it was not the sta

Muhamad Al Azhari – Annual inflation is expected to have eased further in July after falling to its lowest level in nine years in June, on the back of falling food prices and also due t

Indonesia, Asia's third-fastest expanding major economy, needs to gradually build its foreign reserves and follow a "cautious" monetary policy stance to keep investor confidence, the In

Benget Besalicto Tnb, Jakarta – Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand – the world's three largest rubber producers – may further cut their rubber exports this year due to the continuing slum

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The rupiah may continue to strengthen in the second half of this year as exports look likely to improve due to a global rise in demand, following the possibi

Shamim Adam – Indonesia will announce initiatives to spur investment, improve infrastructure and enhance social safety nets within the first 100 days of the next administration taking o

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Trade Ministry estimates the contraction in the volume of exports will be smaller than previously forecast due to improving global economic conditions.

Jakarta – Indonesia's healthy economic growth and market resilience will sustain the damaging impact of blasts that ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels on Friday,

Jakarta – Total investment of US$7.3 billion (inward and domestic) in the first semester indicated brighter prospects, although lower than figures for last year, the Investment Coordina

Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer confidence index rose to its highest in 4 years in June, boosted by spending ahead of a presidential election and a resilient economy, a central bank surv

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – A new regulation which lays down a one-stop service for the processing of investment licenses is a step forward in making Indonesia more attractive, but it a