by Yohanes Obor | Jan 4, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Indonesia is expected to become the largest digital economic country in Southeast Asia by 2020, where this sector will be one of the major contributors to the national economy. To achieve this goal, the government has launched a program to...
by Yohanes Obor | Jan 4, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) agree on six strategic measures to maintain inflation at around 4% plus minus 1% in 2016. These strategic measures will determine the efforts to bring inflation into decreasing trend to meet the...
by Yohanes Obor | Jan 4, 2016 | Finance, Markets, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) opened lower 0.2% at 4583 this morning, the first day of trading for this year. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo rang the opening bell for trading this morning. Investors are...
by Yohanes Obor | Jan 4, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Central bank (Bank Indonesia/BI) amends the implementation schedule of the national standard for chip technology and online 6-digit PIN for ATM/Debit card transaction. In alignment with the use of the chip, the central bank also increases...
by Yohanes Obor | Jan 4, 2016 | Finance, Indonesia Finance, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Indonesia’s International Investment Position (IIP) recorded a net liability of US$327.4 billion (37.8% of GDP) at the end of third quarter (Q3/2015), decreased US$41.7 billion (11.3%) from a net liability of US$369.1 billion (41.8% of GDP)...
by Yohanes Obor | Dec 30, 2015 | Finance, Markets, News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) gained 0.2% at 4580 at opening trade this morning. Today is last day trading for stocks for 2015. The Indonesia Stock Exchange (bourse) will close tomorrow for public holiday and New...