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Economy 1 week ago
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Govt extends liquidity injection in bid to revive loan growth
The OJK as well as industry observers have welcomed the Finance Minister's move to extend the liquidity injection policy for another six months in a bid to generate higher loan growth, while suggesting that a subsequent extension could be on the books when the current period ends in March.
Society 2 weeks ago
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LPDP alumni controversy rekindles debate over return rules
A controversial social media post by a recipient of a state-funded Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) scholarship about her child’s foreign citizenship has sparked a widespread backlash and drawn government scrutiny, reigniting a debate over the program’s mandatory return-to-Indonesia requirement.
Opinion 1 month ago
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Analysis: Raids and revenue woes: the leaky tax and customs system
As the government scrambles to shore up tax and excise revenues, a wave of corruption arrests targeting tax and customs officials has exposed deep governance problems within Indonesia’s revenue-collecting agencies. The Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) recent raids have prompted Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa to carry out large-scale bureaucratic rotations at both the tax and customs offices. Yet questions remain over whether these measures can deliver lasting reform or meaningfully improve revenue collection.
Economy 1 month ago
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Ex-BI deputy replaces Tommy as deputy finance minister
In what appears to be a coordinated role swap, the President has appointed a former BI deputy governor to fill the deputy finance minister post left vacant by his nephew Tommy Djiwandono, who is set to take up his new job as BI deputy governor.
Regulations 1 month ago
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Prabowo's nephew enters race for senior central bank post
Deputy finance minister Thomas "Tommy" Djiwandono, who is also a nephew of President Prabowo Subianto, has been lined up to become a deputy governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), raising questions about the central bank’s independence.
Economy 2 months ago
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Bank loan growth inches up, but not in consumer, MSME segments
Credit growth rose 7.74 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 8.3 quadrillion (US$493 billion) in November, accelerating from growth of 7.36 percent yoy in October, according to the Financial Services Authority (OJK).
