JAKARTA - Indonesia is on the upswing, with strong export and economic growth combining to drive the Jakarta Stock Exchange Index up by more than 55%, accounting for the world's third-best stock-market performance in 2006.

Long-awaited projections of the country's long-term gas supply and needs will be issued later this month, providing the government with reliable figures on whether or not it should go ahead with its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export policy and interisland gas pipeline projects.

The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is moving rapidly towards a more integrated economy, with some 80 percent of total products in the region having been exempted from all tariffs since Jan 1, an official says.

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Energy and Mineral Resources Department analyzed the national oil production decline. Every year there is a production decrease of between five and ten percent.The Director General of Oil and Natural Gas, Luluk Sumiarso, said based on the analysis, most oil...

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Bankers are advising that Bank Indonesia (BI) relax the regulation on credit disbursement to the real sector. With this disbursement, the real sector, that so far has been stagnant, can grow in the future.