Bank Indonesia (BI) has flagged declining loan growth in the country’s banking industry amid stricter lending standards and weak demand, emphasizing the need to boost credit disbursement to push national economic growth.  

The extended maintenance shutdown at Freeport's Manyar smelter in Gresik has forced the mining giant to offload 100,000 tonnes of copper concentrate to the global market, offering timely respite amid an unprecedented shortage of the raw material.

Railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has announced plans for a new train service tailored to the needs of farmers and traders by facilitating the movement of crops and goods across regions, empowering rural communities and bridging supply chains.

Bank Indonesia (BI) has unexpectedly made a back-to-back benchmark interest rate cut in its bid to bring out the true potential of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised consumers and retailers to “not eat, sell or serve” frozen shrimp imported from an Indonesian company.

Downstream manufacturers nationwide are starting to feel the pinch a week after unscheduled maintenance triggered a sudden drop in the natural gas supply, though government data trace the decline back several weeks, with some resorting to costly fuel switching to maintain production output.

The seafood imported from a company in Indonesia has been marketed in 13 states by retail giant Walmart, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on its website.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is looking into the government taking equity stakes in Intel as well as other chip companies in exchange for grants under the CHIPS Act that was meant to spur factory-building around the country, two sources said.

Analysts urge the government to diversify supply sources and strengthen energy security to avoid overdependence on costly routes.

Though not yet enacted, experts see a threatened 40-percent tariff on transshipped goods as a serious risk given Southeast Asia’s deep connection with Chinese manufacturers.  

Property consultants have pointed to global economic uncertainty and credit hurdles as contributing factors to the sharp drop in home sales in the second quarter of 2025.

After sales of electric two-wheelers plummeted in the first half of 2025, a manufacturers’ association has demanded clarity from the government on purchasing subsidies.

The multi-finance industry is entering a phase of more limited growth this year, with Bank Mandiri projecting receivables expansion will remain relatively flat at around Rp 500 trillion in the remaining months of the year.

Australia's competition authority said it had launched proceedings in the Federal Court and jointly submitted with Google Asia Pacific that it should pay the fine.

Bank Indonesia (BI) is preparing to roll out the Quick Response Indonesia Standard (QRIS) in China, following the recent launch in Japan, as it seeks to expand the national digital payment system beyond ASEAN.  

Pelita Air’s entry follows the availability of additional slots at Changi after Jetstar Asia’s closure in July.  

Amid ongoing geopolitical turbulence and rising uncertainty in the global economy, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and sustained growth.

SoftBank Group is buying a US$2 billion equity stake in Intel, a move that will make it a top-10 shareholder and provide a powerful ally to the struggling US chipmaker.

The share of the state budget controlled by Jakarta is expected to climb from 72 percent in 2021 to 83 percent in 2026, leaving most programs to be designed and implemented by the central government.

As Indonesia marks its 80th Independence Day, Gojek reiterated its focus on strengthening the country’s digital ecosystem by nurturing local technology talent.

BCG sees modern warehousing, cold chain and third-party logistics as hot bets in Indonesia’s booming logistics sector.

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports slipped 4.6 percent in July from a year earlier, government data showed Monday, as shipments to the United States plunged by more than 40 percent.

Markets imply around an 85 percent chance of a quarter-point rate cut at the Fed's meeting on September 17, and are priced for a further easing by December.

A lack of satisfying answers on how to reach growth goals set forth in the freshly unveiled 2026 state budget has led economists to conclude that the fiscal document is based more on political ambition rather than on technocratic calculation.

In 2023, Indonesia began drafting a road map to develop the silica industry as a starting point for building a domestic semiconductor industry.

Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike Saturday, as the airline announced a complete shutdown of operations, creating summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism will start an investigation into whether Meta generative AI products "enable exploitation, deception, or other criminal harms to children."