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Indonesia's central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, as expected, saying the current level remained consistent to manage inflation through to 2025 and stabilise the rupiah, while eyeing room for easing in the fourth quarter.
Indonesia's central bank intends to review its normalisation plan for monetary policy in May to June, and wants to assess any risks to the inflation outlook if the government changes energy prices and subsidies, Governor Perry Warjiyo told Reuters.
The crisis in Ukraine overshadowed a gathering of finance leaders from the world's top 20 economies that kicked off on Thursday, with host Indonesia's president warning "now is not the time" to create new risks to a fragile global recovery.
Indonesia's private fuel retailers are facing gasoline shortages due to a jump in demand as consumers shift away from state-owned Pertamina following concerns over its fuel quality and as the government capped imports.
Indonesia's central bank is expected to keep its key interest rate steady next week as the economy gradually reopens after a recent devastating COVID-19 wave, while a record high trade surplus should provide underlying support to the local currency.
Bank Indonesia (BI) will keep its key interest rate unchanged at 5.75% for a fifth consecutive meeting on Thursday and for the rest of the year, as inflation eased in May and was expected to decline further, a Reuters poll of economists found.
Coal miners in Indonesia must comply with new regulations on meeting a domestic market quota in order to restart coal shipments, even after a ban on coal exports expires on Jan. 31, an advisor to the energy minister said on Thursday.
China's TikTok has agreed to spend $840 million to buy most of Indonesian tech conglomerate GoTo's e-commerce unit - a move that appears to allow it to restart its online shopping business in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Indonesia's parliament widened the central bank's mandate on Thursday to include supporting sustainable economic growth and formalise its direct purchases of government bonds, in legislation critics fear may undermine the bank's independence.
Some members of Indonesia's parliament plan to propose the president remove the central bank governor because they think he was not properly backing the government's policy, investigative magazine Tempo reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
The volatility in foreign currency markets over the last month needs to be monitored and carefully managed, Indonesia's finance minister said on Tuesday.
Indonesia's defence minister said on Tuesday that he had signed a letter of intent last month with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on granting U.S. military aircraft access to Indonesian airspace, but said no commitment was made.
Garuda Indonesia has halved its debt and achieved comparable cuts to aircraft leasing costs in negotiations that have set the airline up for profitability, the Indonesian government said on Tuesday.
Indonesia will allow private fuel retailers, such as Shell and BP, to import more gasoline through state energy firm Pertamina as their petrol stations are running dry, the energy minister said on Friday.
Two workers were killed in clashes and rioting at an Indonesian nickel smelter at the weekend, officials said on Monday, as hundreds of security personnel were deployed to maintain order after a protest over pay and safety spiralled out of control.
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to dialogue, as fighting intensifies between the ruling military and an alliance of armed groups.
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has signed a letter of intent to invest $2 billion in Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund, the Southeast Asian country's government said in a statement on Monday.
China's Shandong Nanshan Group plans to build an oil refinery on Indonesia's Bintan island, where the privately controlled firm operates a large alumina plant, according to three Chinese sources and an Indonesian official.
Planned U.S. tariffs could reduce Indonesia's potential growth by 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points, but a 90-day pause in implementing the levies allows time to discuss solutions, Indonesia's finance minister told Reuters on Thursday.
Sime Darby , Malaysia's industrial and automotive conglomerate, is looking to set up a luxury car retail business in India and expand in Indonesia to tap into the growth potential of both economies, its top executive told Reuters.