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Indonesia recorded a budget deficit of 4.65% of gross domestic product for last year, sharply lower than initial estimates, as revenues surpassed their target, the finance minister said on Monday.
Indonesia may cut back next year's bond issuance target if it has carry-over cash from this year, assuming it continues to see strong tax revenues until the end of 2023, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Thursday.
Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been stricken by cyclone-fueled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait.
A summit of eight major Muslim developing countries, including Iran, that was to be held in Jakarta next month has been delayed due to the war in the Middle East, an official with Indonesia's foreign ministry said on Friday.
Indonesia on Tuesday issued new regulations on palm oil export taxes, detailing the recently announced levy rate cut to accelerate shipments that have been slow to rebound after the ending of an export ban.
Indonesia's plan to create new provinces in its impoverished eastern region of Papua has not been adequately discussed with the local population and is not viable, its governor said.
The governor of Indonesia's central bank said on Monday that Bank Indonesia would next year bring the rupiah to trade at 16,500 per U.S. dollar, or even 16,400, adding he is committed to maintaining stability in the currency.
Indonesia booked a 321.6 trillion rupiah ($19.38 billion) budget deficit in the January to August period, equivalent to 1.35% of gross domestic product, finance ministry data showed on Monday.
Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on Wednesday, with health experts warning of the risk of new coronavirus clusters emerging across the archipelago after authorities ignored calls to postpone the vote again.
Indonesian rescuers are searching for 7 people still missing four days after torrential rain hit North Sumatra province, causing flash flooding and landslides which killed 15 people, an official said on Tuesday.
Indonesian palm oil companies will be offered larger export quotas under new plans to adjust rules on local cooking oil sales, officials said on Tuesday, part of government efforts to improve domestic distribution after a months-long price crisis.
French trade minister Laurent Saint-Martin said on Wednesday that the current context of trade tariffs between the European Union and the United States makes strategic partnerships such as the one France has with Indonesia important.
An Indonesian military commander in its restive Papua region on Thursday said a "law enforcement operation" was being prepared to free a New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatists, but only as a last resort if negotiations failed.
A plan by Indonesia's likely new president Prabowo Subianto to provide free school lunches and milk will cost up to 120 trillion rupiah ($7.68 billion) in its first year, his team said on Wednesday.
Indonesia's government and a parliamentary committee agreed on Thursday to a financial sector bill that would allow former politicians to stand as central bank governor and for the central bank to support economic growth.
Indonesia's central bank kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, emphasizing its focus on stabilising the rupiah currency amid global uncertainties, but said further easing to prop up economic growth is only a matter of timing.
Indonesia is set to impose an anti-dumping import duty on nylon film from China, Thailand and Taiwan, according to a finance ministry regulation published on Wednesday.
Indonesia's central bank kept interest rates steady on Thursday, holding fire after cutting five times this year and launching quantitative easing, but pledged to use all its instruments going forward to support a pandemic-hit economy.
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara is likely to draw down $3 billion initially from a $10 billion credit line and use it for investments including a chemical plant and co-financings with Qatar's and China's wealth funds, sources said.
Indonesia's central bank governor Perry Warjiyo said on Tuesday there was room to cut interest rates further to support Southeast Asia's biggest economy after a slower than expected pace of recovery.