On 12 March 2018 Indonesia Investments released the latest edition of its newsletter. This free newsletter, which is sent to our subscribers once per week, contains the most important news stories from Indonesia that have been reported on our website over the last seven days. Most of the topics involve economy and market-related topics such as coal mining, credit ratings, the impact of political and economic news from the US, but it also includes a women's day special and focus on immigration matters.

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The government of Indonesia is now one step further in turning fully state-owned energy company Pertamina into an oil & gas holding firm. Indonesian President Joko Widodo signed Government Regulation No. 6/2018 on the Formation of a State-Owned Oil & Gas Holding Firm thus formalizing the government's decision to move its 57 percent stake (Series B shares) in gas distributor Perusahaan Gas Negara to Pertamina.

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Rapidly rising US stock futures and a sell-off in the bond market. These are the results of an impressive US jobs report, released by the US Labor Department on Friday morning (American time) or evening (Indonesian time). The US economy added 313,000 jobs in February 2018, the highest increase since October 2015. A huge rise in construction jobs was one of the key supporting factors. Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate stayed at 4.1 percent for a 5th straight month.

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Saptono Adi Junarso, Executive Vice President Head of Privatization at the Indonesia Stock Exchange, confirmed that three state-owned companies are preparing their initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. These three companies are Wijaya Karya Realty, Tugu Pratama Indonesia, and Bank BRI Syariah.

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