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Bank Indonesia keeps rate at 6 percent in February

Bank Indonesia (BI) announced its plan to maintain its policy rate for the third successive month after a two-day board of governors meeting on Thursday. The central bank also pledged to continue its efforts to ensure adequate liquidity in the banking sector to encourage loan growth this year. During the meeting, BI decided to maintain […]

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Indonesia to relax VAT refund requirements for tourists

The Indonesian government is preparing a regulation to relax the value added tax (VAT) refund requirements for foreign tourists to support efforts to achieve this year’s target to attract 20 million tourist arrivals. “We have prepared a foreign ministerial regulation,” said Finance Ministry Taxation Director General Robert Pakpahan in Jakarta on Tuesday, adding that the new […]

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Ride-hailing fares increase sparks debate in Indonesia

If the Indonesian government increases the fares of ride-hailing services too high to please the drivers, it could turn away customers who find them no longer economical. That’s the finding of a study by the Research Institute of Socio-Economic Development (Rised), which concluded that more than 70 per cent of current customers would cease using […]

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Indonesia issues US$ 2.27b global green sukuk

The government has tapped into the global sukuk (Islamic bonds) market, recently issuing bonds worth US$ 750 billion with a five-and-a-half-year maturity period and a 10-year tenor of $1.52 billion, both of which were oversubscribed. The sukuk will be registered in the Singapore Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with a […]

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