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View all search resultsBank Indonesia (BI) has cut its benchmark interest rate in a surprising move hours before its United States counterpart is expected to reduce borrowing costs in the US as well.
1 day agoThe amount is contingent on the effective rollout of the Rp 130 trillion program budgeted by the state asset fund for microcredits in 2025, with just three months remaining for state lenders to disburse the loans. ...
1 day agoThe government's latest stimulus package must be managed efficiently and be supported with other policy measures that address deeper problems for long-term benefits, experts say. ...
1 day agoThe PPATK announced that it had reactivated 28 million blocked dormant accounts on Thursday in response to public backlash following a meeting between PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana and President Prabowo Subianto a day earlier.
1 month agoThe New York Times on Saturday quoted two unnamed senior Indian officials as saying there had been no change in Indian government policy, with one official saying the government had "not given any direction to oil companies" to cut back imports from Russia.
1 month agoState asset fund Danantara has announced a major overhaul of bonus and compensation rules for SOE directors and commissioners, aligning rewards with global standards.
1 month agoWhile many retail investors turn to influencers for investment clues, authorities struggle to contain misinformation online.
1 month agoTrump ordered stiff tariffs on dozens of trading partners in an effort to reshape global trade in favour of the US economy.
1 month agoTrump set rates including a 35 percent duty on many goods from Canada, 50 percent for Brazil, 25 percent for India, 20 percent for Taiwan and 39 percent for Switzerland, according to a presidential executive order.
1 month agoSince World War II, most politicians and economists view free trade as a pillar of globalisation, enshrined in the 1947 signing of the GATT accord.
1 month agoThe government's new “community oil well” initiative aims to reactivate idle wells under the operation of MSMEs as a means of boosting national output, with initial sales slated to begin on Aug. 1.
1 month agoIndonesia’s commitment to import $15 billion worth of oil and gas from the United States under a recently agreed bilateral trade deal clashes with the country’s long-term objectives for energy security and diversification.
1 month agoThe Industry Ministry plans to revise local content requirements (TKDN) following the recent trade agreement reached with the United States, in which Indonesia has agreed to remove TKDN requirements for US firms.
1 month agoIn a bid to accelerate absorption and address the national backlog, the housing ministry has proposed setting up a Bulog-like agency to purchase completed homes from developers for reselling to the market under the government's "3 million homes" program.
1 month agoThe government plans to use the simplified categories "special" and "regular", with Bappenas to set the standard price for the latter, to combat the illicit practice of blending different grades of rice for selling at premium prices, which the President has condemned as a brazen "criminal act".
1 month agoEnergy and Mineral Resources Ministry secretary general Dadan Kusdiana insists that critical mineral exports to the US will remain strictly regulated under domestic laws, despite a new bilateral agreement to remove trade barriers.
1 month agoIndonesia also agreed to remove local content requirements for US firms, recognize US standards for vehicle and medical products, drop onerous licensing on US farm goods while recognizing US regulatory oversight and lift labeling and pre-shipment inspection mandates.
1 month agoWithout mandatory government blending program and subsidy mechanisms, the biodiesel market would not be commercially viable, experts say.
1 month agoIndustry observers and experts say that, while the decision to extend the LCGC program to 2031 could help in the short term, the government needs to come up with a road map to secure the country’s electrification push for the long term.
1 month agoCritics have warned that Southeast Asia’s largest economy’s push to adopt B50 by 2026 may carry significant environmental and economic risks, such as deforestation, land-use conflicts and biodiversity loss.
1 month agoThe Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade says Chinese-owned companies shifted production from nations that received US tariffs to Indonesia and Laos.
2 months agoAs the government rushes ahead to meet the KMP program's launch date on July 21, it risks leaving behind necessary legal support, including a Finance Ministry regulation currently being drafted and the Cooperatives Law revision being deliberated at the House.
2 months agoThe rupiah was under pressure in the first half of the year, trading near its lowest levels since the Asian financial crisis on the back of US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.
2 months agoThe HKI is urging the government to fulfill its fixed priced for industrial gas, or else open the door to imports if the available domestic supply was not enough to meet demand.
2 months agoThe move came after US President Donald Trump threw months of painstaking negotiations with the EU into disarray by threatening to impose tariffs of 30 percent on the bloc's goods if there is no deal by August 1.
2 months agoIn line with President Prabowo's "3 million homes" program, the MSMEs and housing ministries are preparing to devise a special microcredit scheme for housing next year with a cap of Rp 430 trillion.
2 months agoSouth Korea is in a race to reach a compromise trade pact in the hope of avoiding a 25 percent tariff slapped on its exports by Trump that is set to kick in on August 1, after a late start to negotiations with a new president voted in last month.
2 months agoEU officials insist the bloc remains clear-eyed on the challenges of dealing with the unpredictable US leader, and ready to hit back.
2 months agoUS customs duty collections surged again in June as President Donald Trump's tariffs gained steam, topping $100 billion for the first time during a fiscal year and helping to produce a surprise $27 billion budget surplus for the month, the Treasury Department reported on Friday.
2 months agoThe government says it remains in negotiations to secure a trade deal with Washington before the Aug. 1 deadline.
2 months agoTrump this week began issuing letters to many US trading partners as he ramps up pressure for more favorable trade deals.
2 months agoThough a preliminary study is underway on Whoosh's Surabaya extension as a necessary development, the question of who will foot the bill looms large, with the government insistent on not dipping into the state coffers and operator KCIC insisting it can't go it alone.
2 months agoApart from tariffs targeting goods from different countries, Trump has rolled out sector-specific duties on steel, aluminum and autos since returning to the White House in January.
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