Consumer confidence improved in March to its highest level since December 2007, a Bank Indonesia (BI) survey showed, thanks to campaign spending by political parties ahead of elections, Reuters reported.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange’s Composite index may rise 23% by the end of the year after a record decline in 2008 on expectations the elections will promote stability, the nation’s biggest pension fund said, Bloomberg News reported.

The Jakarta property market is in a serious slump, with first-quarter demand sharply down across almost all sectors, and the industry is unlikely to see improvement until next year, analysts said on Wednesday.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) will remain mandatory for companies, after the Constitutional Court upheld a provision obliging such programs, dashing the interests of the business community.The latter, represented by several associations, argued that CSR programs should be voluntary,...

Originally Posted By: chewwyUKYour glass is always half empty kuku! we're doomed, i tell you, we're doomed.

Your glass is always half empty kuku! The outlook in Indonesia a hell of a lot better than Europe / USA / Singapore and we should thank our lucky stars!

don't get too smug! indonesia is insultated to a degree due to the strength of its domestic economy (assisted by huge injections of election campaign money), and to the fact that it does not have a long way to fall.