• Promising Online Mobile Games Industry in Indonesia as 4G Network Expands

    As Indonesia is expanding its high-speed 4G mobile broadband network across the archipelago - meaning that more and more Indonesians will be connected to the Internet - the online mobile games industry has ample room for growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy. According to Netherlands-based Newzoo, a global market research and predictive analytics firm (with a main focus on games), revenue in the mobile games industry of Indonesia is expected to grow over 45 percent annually during the next couple of years.

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  • Cadangan Devisa Indonesia Terus Menurun di Bulan Oktober

    Bank sentral Indonesia mengumumkan pada hari Jumat (06/11) bahwa cadangan devisa Indonesia telah jatuh sebesar 1 miliar dollar Amerika Serikat (AS) menjadi 100,7 miliar dollar AS pada akhir Oktober 2015. Penurunan ini disebabkan oleh pembayaran hutang luar negeri dan usaha-usaha untuk menstabilkan rupiah yang rapuh (mata uang Indonesia sensitif pada prediksi pasar mengenai ancaman kenaikan suku bunga AS).

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  • Indonesia's State Budget Deficit Approaching Legally Mandated Cap

    A Finance Ministry official said Indonesia's state budget deficit is likely to exceed the projected IDR 300 trillion (approx. USD $22 billion) in 2015, pushing the deficit to 2.7 percent of Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP), dangerously close to the maximum 3 percent of GDP cap that is set by a 2003 law. In the original 2015 State Budget the government targeted a budget deficit of 1.9 percent of GDP. This target was then revised to 2.2 percent in September. However, another revision is needed due to poor tax revenue collection.

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  • Statistics Agency: Unemployment in Indonesia on the Rise

    Unemployment in Indonesia increased to 6.18 percent of the labour force in August 2015, or 7.56 million people in absolute terms, from 5.81 percent in February (or 7.45 million unemployed people) as the economic slowdown led to layoffs and slower absorption of the workforce. In the second quarter of 2015 Indonesia's economy grew at the slowest pace in six years at 4.67 percent (y/y) and only managed to improve slightly (4.73 percent y/y) in the third quarter.

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