Good News From Indonesia

Written by Nachum Kaplan from IFR The 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously sets a romance against the violent political turmoil that plagued Indonesia in the 1960s. This year, Indonesia will provide the setting for another romance, one between investors and issuers, while turmoil rages in markets far away. The Year of Living Prosperously, [...]

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People usually don’t believe when i say Indonesian’s economic condition is getting better. well, believe it or not, it is. articles from foreign news websites will make you believe. check it out! Bloomberg Indonesia’s economy grew last year at the fastest pace since before the Asian financial crisis as rising investment and domestic spending countered [...]

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Indonesia’s 2011 Economic Growth Strongest Since 1996 Indonesia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace since 1996 last year as strong consumer spending and investment helped offset slackening export growth, the latest figures from Statistics Indonesia showed Monday. In 2011, the Southeast Asia’s largest economy grew 6.5 percent, faster than the 6.1 percent expansion in the [...]

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Indonesia’s economic growth probably exceeded 6 percent for a fifth quarter in the October-December period last year as domestic demand helped Southeast Asia’s largest economy withstand the European debt turmoil that has hurt exports across Asia. Gross domestic product increased 6.45 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, compared with a 6.5 percent [...]

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Indonesia’s government plans to create one of the world’s largest palm oil and rubber firms in March by combining state planters with total assets of $5.6 billion, a government minister said on Thursday. A planned listing of the firm will tap investor interest in a country with a recently acquired “investment grade” rating and create [...]

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Analysis: Indonesia scooting while big wheels freeze Debnath Guharoy, Roy Morgan 3   |The world’s big wheels remained frozen in the northern winter last week. While the “Occupy Davos” demonstrators heaped shame on the visiting dignitaries, there was one glimmer of hope. For the very first time, “Fixing Capitalism” was a cryptic item inked into [...]

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Pacific Royale Airways plans to start commercial operations on March 1 with full-service flights, the president director of the airline said on Wednesday. Samudra Sukardi said the Jakarta-based airline had invested up to $60 million as it prepares to make its debut. As much as $40 million has gone to procure 10 aircraft, he said, [...]

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Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa met in Jakarta on Tuesday and were set to raise bilateral relations between their two countries to “a new level”. Paet brought along with him an Estonian business delegation, as talks on expanding trade and investment partnerships between Indonesia and Estonia were high on [...]

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Indonesia sees airline passengers in the country stood at 66 million in 2011, a 15-percent increase on 2010’s figure, meeting the growth target. The Transportation Ministry’s director for air transportation, Djoko Murjatmodjo, said that the number of domestic and international travelers totaled 58.84 million and 7.2 million in 2011, respectively. The data indicates strong economic [...]

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Kemarin pagi saya terkejut melihat berita di RSS App di Android, sebuah artikel di The Strait Times Singapore dengan judul yang dahsyat, “Indonesia gains entry into ‘trillion-dollar club”, yang isinya adalah bahwa GDP (Gross Domestic Product) Indonesia, sudah melewati angka psikologis yakni US$1 trilyun. Bukan apa-apa, di seluruh dunia sebelum ini hanya ada 15 negara dengan [...]

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