KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is ranked 8th in Asia and 37th worldwide in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017 report released by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation on Thursday. The report also said Malaysia was among the top 10 economies in Asia, behind Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand and […]
Read MoreKOTA BARU: The crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries has not affected Malaysia’s trade and investment so far, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said Malaysia had close economic, trade and diplomatic ties with all the countries in the Gulf. “We have forged good ties with all countries. We […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government will announce the 15th economic policy package this afternoon. “Policy package relating to logistics,” Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said today on the Presidential Palace compound in Jakarta. The government expects the 15th economic policy package to lead to logistics efficiency. Earlier, the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs official Edy Putra […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution expressed optimism that the inflation rate in June 2017 would not exceed 0.39 percent. “Although Bank Indonesia (BI) indicated that the inflation rate in the first week hit 0.5 percent, I don’t think it’s likely. [The inflation rate] will be below the figure,” Darmin said at […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan said the government will do their best to delay electricity tariff hike for all subscribers group until the end of the year. “The government is committed to keeping tariffs as they are today, until the end of this year. We are even trying to lower the tariffs, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – World Bank predicts that Indonesia will increase its real gross domestic product (real GDP) by 5.3 percent in 2018. This is backed by a number of economic growth indicators during this year’s first quarter. Based on the World Bank’s review, Indonesia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2017 increased from 4.9 percent […]
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