Indonesian Political, Business & Finance News

Archive: 15 November 2010

7 articles found

Rupiah Strengthening Affect Electronic Sales

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The head of the Electronic Entrepreneurs Association, Ali Soebroto Oentaryo, said that in general, the strengthening of the rupiah, tend to disrupt electronic goods sales. It creates a dilemma for electronic dealers because consumer wants prices to drop, but the suppliers...

Indonesia Unprepared for Asia-Pacific Free Trade

TEMPO Interactive, Tokyo:Indonesia is still considering participating in the Asia-Pacific free trade agreement. “We think we are not ready yet because the agreement is very hard for the local industry,” Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...

Doing Business in Indonesia 2011

Doing Business in Indonesia 2011 report available here: http://okusiassociates.com/public/idn.pdf

Economic nationalism and policy

Transmitting messages to the general public via the mass media is unquestionably one of most effective measures available to policy makers.It is even more pertinent for a country such as Indonesia, which has been a fully fledged democracy since the end of the previous century.

The rise of agriculture and Indonesia’s future

Long regarded by many as one of the least profitable industries, the agricultural industry has been attracting greater attention from the global business community in recent days.This is good news for countries such as Indonesia, where most of the population still makes a living in the agricultural...

RI`s economy to grow 7.8 pct in 2015

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian economy is projected to grow at a 6.8-7.8 percent pace in 2015 with the inflation rate tending to decline and fundamental factors continuing to improve, Bank Indonesia said.

RI still undecided about joining trans-Pacific agreement

Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is still undecided about joining negotiations for an expanded trans-Pacific free trade pact on the grounds it still has to prepare a lot of things before making up its mind."We cannot join the negotiations all at once.