For the eleventh consecutive month Indonesia posted a trade surplus. With exports reaching a total of USD $12.08 billion, while imports were USD $11.07 billion, the country posted a USD $1.01 billion trade surplus in October, the country's statistics agency (BPS) stated on Monday (16/11). The surplus was larger than expected due to a sharp drop in imports. Although the trade surplus is good news as it supports the value of the rupiah and helps to curtail the country's current account balance, there remain concerns about rapidly plunging exports and imports.

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On the first trading day after the terrorist attacks in Paris (leaving 129 people dead and hundreds injured), stocks declined in Asia as investors are cautious. Although markets had one weekend to digest the news, it is still expected that the tragedy in Paris will cause a sharp yet short-term impact on global equity markets. Apart from terrorism, volatile oil prices as well as concern about China's economy and uncertainty about the timing of a US interest rate hike continue to plague markets.

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On 15 November 2015, 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 in the last seven days. Most of the topics involve economic subjects such as an analysis of Indonesia's Q3-2015 current account balance, a stock market & rupiah update, Indonesia's credit rating, income tax, the bond market, biofuel, property, forest fires, and more.

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Subsidi listrik Indonesia mungkin melebihi Rp 38,39 triliun yang dialokasikan pada Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) 2016 karena mungkin ada lebih banyak konsumen yang berhak mendapatkan subsidi listrik dari perkiraan sebelumnya. Bulan lalu, Pemerintah Indonesia dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) setuju memotong subsidi listrik untuk rumahtangga yang menggunakan 450 VA dan 900 VA, per 1 Januari 2016, dengan memutuskan jaringan listrik untuk mereka yang saat ini menikmati tarif listrik murah kendati mereka tidak termasuk klasifikasi 'miskin' atau 'hampir miskin' dan karenanya tidak layak mendapatkan subsidi listrik.

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