Following rapid currency depreciation and threat of large capital outflows, the government of Indonesia has taken measures to restrict foreign currency transactions and increase overall currency...
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Economic Update | Regulating Capital Outflows
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Facing Deleveraging Pressure
22 Jul 2010
Investors in Indonesia's capital markets are carefully monitoring and awaiting the finalisation of a corporate deal that they hope will result in an end to the nearly month-long speculation and...
Economic Update | Balancing Trade
22 Jul 2010
Faced with a likely decline in exports in some of its major markets, the Indonesian government is preparing measures to boost its balance of trade by making it more difficult to import various goods...
Economic Update | Staving Off Decline
22 Jul 2010
The manufacture of footwear and textiles has long been an important and growing source of exports and employment for Indonesia.
Economic Update | Curbing Inflation
22 Jul 2010
While Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), has decided to raise its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time this year to curb inflation, some in the business community are worried that...
Economic Update | Cutting Taxes
22 Jul 2010
The House of Representatives endorsed last week a new set of tax laws that is expected to encourage investment in Indonesia as well as benefit the individual taxpayer.