Insights

Finding common ground in Indonesia-EU palm oil spat

Indonesia is currently at loggerheads with the European Union over the palm oil trade, which looks as though they might be headed toward a trade war. It’s high time that the two sides find a common ground, as they did in the forestry sector.&nb ...

Investors wait for more conducive business climate

The industrial property market in Indonesia mainly focuses on selling land, rather than offering industrial building, and also leans more toward selling than to leasing.This is particularly because our industrial property market still holds a substan ...

Broadening recovery, but financial risks lurk

Many things in 2017 could have gone wrong in the world economy but did not; we are sure investors are pleasantly surprised by that. We began the year fearful of sustained slowdown in China, rising trade protectionism, political developments that coul ...

Indonesia should benefit from US and European growth

The United States economy has entered the third-longest phase of economic growth in its history. The global economy has gone through a process of recovery after the 2008-2010 crises. About 70 percent of the world’s developed economies had faste ...

Main challenges: contracting signals from the noise

Entering office in 2014, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo faced his first political challenge at the House of Representatives. Then he faced economic challenges as global oil prices fell, causing strong fiscal pressure. The government ...

Applauding 2017, achieving in 2018

It is certainly not easy to predict how the Indonesian economy will fare in 2018, especially because the global economy is not yet showing any signs of stability. Several institutions have forecast that the Indonesian economy will maintain its growth ...

Insights

Finding common ground in Indonesia-EU palm oil spat

Investors wait for more conducive business climate

Broadening recovery, but financial risks lurk

Indonesia should benefit from US and European growth

Main challenges: contracting signals from the noise

Applauding 2017, achieving in 2018

Jiwasraya financial scandal sparks domino effects

Govt, House press forward amid outcry over omnibus bill

Tax agency, businesses disappointed with taxation omnibus bill

Minister under fire, integrity doubted

Red carpet rolled out for coal barons

Jokowi threatens Cabinet with reshuffle

East Java leaders respond to Jokowi’s COVID-19 order

Jokowi gives East Java two weeks to control virus

Manpower minister defends Chinese workers’ arrival in Konawe

Health protocols welcomed as tourist spots reopen