by Yohanes Obor | Aug 21, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The rupiah weakened back to Rp13,838 against the US dollar on Thursday (August 20) while Bloomberg data quoted that the rupiah depreciated 0.31% to Rp13,885 per dollar after touching its lowest at Rp13,917 yesterday. The central bank (Bank...
by Yohanes Obor | Aug 20, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Advertising spending in the first half of 2015 only grew by 3.81% to Rp57.15 trillion, the lowest in past ten years, compared to Rp55.06 trillion in the corresponding period of 2014, according to data of Nielsen Advertising Information...
by Yohanes Obor | Aug 20, 2015 | Featured, Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – For helping the rupiah from further correction against the US dollar, Agus said, Bank Indonesia (BI) mulls to tighten the control on foreign currency (forex) transaction, mainly the US dollar. The rupiah was traded flat at Rp13,824 against...
by Yohanes Obor | Aug 19, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Import of jewelries and diamond soared to US$207.3 million in July 2015, from US$6.1 million in previous month and jumped by more than threefold (384.31%) to US$425.8 million in January-July 2015 period. In January-July 2014 period, import...
by Yohanes Obor | Aug 19, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Import of machinery and mechanical equipment dropped 14.36% to US$12.8 billion in January-July 2015 period, from US$14.95 billion in the same period of 2014. This category of goods contributed 18.66% (the largest)to total import of non oil...
by Yohanes Obor | Aug 19, 2015 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Import of machinery and electricity equipment dropped 11.36% to US$8.95 billion in January-July 2015 period, from US$10.09 billion in the corresponding period of 2014. This category of goods contributed 13.04% of total import of non oil and...