Soybean prices hovered between $13 and $14 per bushel so far this year, compared to between $8 and $9 per bushel in the first half of 2020, according to Business Insider data.

Indonesian agriculture technology (agritech) start-up TaniHub is eyeing further growth this year, as well as securing more funding and expanding its market, after enjoying a significant revenue increase last year amid changing consumer behavior.

Following last week's beef strike, the government has intervened to help connect butchers to a major food distributor for supplies of frozen beef to bring down local prices of imported beef in Indonesia.

"The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover," said the Oxfam report.

The number of exploration licensing rounds dropped last year due to the epidemic while companies including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and France’s Total also reduced spending, Rystad Energy analyst Palzor Shenga said.

Lawmakers in Washington are getting to work on the $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal from the new president, with some suggesting they could pass something before the Senate holds an impeachment trial of Donald Trump, which starts in the week beginning February 8.

Renewable sources such as wind and solar generated 38 percent percent of the 27-member state bloc’s electricity in 2020, with fossil fuels such as coal and gas contributing 37 percent, the report by think tanks Ember and Agora Energiewende showed.

China’s $163 billion in inflows last year, compared to $134 billion attracted by the United States, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report released on Sunday.

The Biden administration and Democratic and Republican lawmakers discussing a new US$1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief agreed on Sunday that the most important priority should be producing and efficiently distributing a vaccine.

Nearly two thirds of respondents to a survey conducted by financial technology (fintech) firm KoinWorks expected their businesses to decline this year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up an unexpected opportunity in digitalization as more local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) go online than before, but the lack of internet infrastructure in parts of Indonesia has made it difficult for some businesses to bounce back.

Productive-age citizens make up 70.72 percent of the population, the highest share since the decennial census began in 1961 and a tell-tale sign of a country entering its fertile period.

Tesla plans to import and sell the Model 3 in India for around US$65,000-$75,000 - roughly double the price in the US market, sources familiar with the plans said.

The World Bank has approved a US$500 million loan for Indonesia to strengthen its financial response to natural disasters, climate risks, and health-related shocks.

Indonesia’s fuel sales fell last year for the first time since 2015 as the COVID-19 outbreak reduced demand and disrupted the country’s downstream oil and gas industry.

Shares in Jakarta slipped 1.6 percent and the rupiah dipped 0.34 percent.

The investment of 16 firms setting up production sites in Indonesia last year is estimated at US$7.15 billion and expected to create around 68,600 jobs.

The seven companies that control half the federal supply onshore in the Lower 48 states have leases and permits in hand that could last years.

Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva told a senate committee in Canberra that if the current draft media laws went ahead unchanged it would be "the worst-case scenario" and force the firm to block Australians.

Kadin chairman Rosan Roeslani likened the proposal to expediting a visa.

“The markets had such a strong run yesterday after the presidential inauguration in the US and the run-up to that, that the lead coming in from the US is a bit messy,” said Shane Oliver, chief economist at investment manager AMP Capital in Sydney. “A lot of the good news is out there. I suspect a fairly flat day.”

US President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday that would require international air travelers to quarantine upon US arrival, and directed US agencies to implement a federal mask mandate in interstate transportation.

Jack Ma had not appeared in public since Oct. 24, when he blasted China’s regulatory system.

BI will also continue to implement its loose monetary policy.

The Indonesian sovereign wealth fund's supervisory board will be led by the finance minister and its members will include the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) minister and three professionals.

“Corporations have started to see the urgency of digitalization, and start-ups see the need to reduce risk,” East Venture partner Melisa Irene said.

Malaysia’s benchmark palm oil contract kicked off the year at near decade-high levels of 3,800 ringgit (US$940.13) due to a supply crunch in global edible oils.

The government's 2021 sukuk issuance plan to finance national infrastructure projects and reboot the economy has a competitive yield, but a securities analyst says investor confidence could hinge on the success of the COVID-19 vaccination program to reduce infections.

The Jan. 12-20 Reuters poll of 34 economists forecast Australia’s A$2 trillion (US$1.55 trillion) of gross domestic product would expand 3.5 percent this year - the fastest since polling began for the year in April 2019, although slower than the government’s growth projection of 4.5 percent - after contracting 3.0 percent last year.

The world's largest trade deal is expected to boost Indonesia’s exports by 11 percent and investment by 20 percent within five years after the trade deal takes effect in 2022.