• Trade Balance Indonesia Back to Surplus in August 2017

    Indonesia's Statistics Bureau (BPS) said Indonesia recorded a USD $1.72 billion trade surplus in August 2017, exceeding analysts' expectations and significantly higher than the USD $0.3 billion surplus that was recorded in the same month one year earlier. In fact, it was Indonesia's biggest surplus in nearly five years (in November 2012 Indonesia recorded a USD $1.8 billion trade surplus).

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  • Nielsen Reveals Indonesia's Latest Advertisement Spending Data

    Nielsen Company Indonesia, the local unit of the global information and market research company Nielsen Holdings PLC, says the value of spending on advertisement on television and in printed media in Indonesia has risen in the January-July 2017 period. However, this growth is a bit distorted because it is only supported by rising tariffs, and not supported by rising numbers of adds (number of spots).

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  • Indonesia Eyes New Coal Price Formula, Mining Shares Plunge

    Several big coal mining companies, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, saw their shares slide drastically on Wednesday (13/09) after Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan announced to be considering formulating new rules to determine the price of coal for domestic supplies. However, no time-frame was given as Jonan will first listen to input from the mining sector.

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