The latest Global Debt Leverage report from S&P indicates that the number of companies with negative cash flow could double from 8 percent this year, with Chinese firms being the most vulnerable.

Consumer confidence has re-entered a downward trend after a brief rebound, while minuscule annual growth in retail sales does not bode well for household spending just weeks head of the year-end festive season.

In its 2022-2032 Agricultural Outlook, the Commission projected palm oil would account for 9 percent of total biodiesel output by 2032, down from an average 23 percent for 2019/2021.

The government needs to pay close attention to 12 indicators in accordance with Law No. 18 of 2012 concerning food to avoid maladministration in deciding about rice imports following recent changes, the Indonesian Ombudsman has warned.

A possible global recession may impact the rate of business expansion for new ventures in Indonesia, global consulting firm McKinsey & Company finds in its latest study.

Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) unveiled last month at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali will act as a catalyst to draw green investment into the wider region, a new report suggests, but the six-month period to firm up investment plans will be crucial.

Latest study forecasts social commerce to directly influence 25 percent or US$42 billion of annual e-commerce sales in Southeast Asia by the end of 2022, the majority of which happened on social-media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook and Instagram.

US officials are proposing to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum based on how much carbon the producing country's industries emit, in a bid to fight climate change and "dirty" metals made in China and elsewhere, two people familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.

The kind of growth we are about to see in the electric two-wheeler sector only comes along once in a generation. If investors and policymakers don’t catch the wave now, they will miss out on one of the world’s biggest opportunities.

State Logistics Agency (Bulog), the government institution tasked with securing national staple food stocks, may face greater logistics challenges the longer the agency put off plans to seal the deal on import agreements with rice exporters.

China's exports and imports shrank at a much steeper-than-expected pace in November, as feeble global and domestic demand, COVID-induced production disruptions and a property slump at home piled pressure on the world's second-biggest economy.

The Indonesian property sector is forecast to face great challenges in 2023 with lower growth. 

The airline industry will become profitable again next year for the first time since 2019 as a snapback in air travel continues following nearly two years of COVID-19 restrictions, an industry association said on Tuesday.

Bank Indonesia (BI) has said its plans to establish a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will not disrupt existing banking and digital payment systems, as it seeks to elbow out cryptocurrencies and pave the way for cooperation with other monetary authorities.

Well-heeled Indonesians like to send their children abroad to give them an educational edge over their peers. While few can afford this, a bilateral partnership promises to let Indonesians obtain foreign degrees without even leaving the country.

Top European Union officials intend to complain loudly to their US counterparts at a trade meeting on Monday about the bloc's electric vehicles being cut off from tax credits in US President Joe Biden's signature climate law.

Home Minister Tito Karnavian has criticized regional decision-makers for not doing enough to spend funds they have received to speed up investment and economic development.

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell marginally in November, marking an eighth straight monthly fall since a record high in March after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

German exports fell more than forecast in October, official data showed on Friday, as high inflation and supply chain snags hit demand in key trading partners, further raising the specter of recession for Europe's largest economy.

Banks in Indonesia and other countries of the region stand to gain from a stronger macroeconomic outlook, while European lenders face much bleaker prospects, according to McKinsey & Company, but emerging markets as a whole are no longer what they used to be.

Indonesia’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) contracted for two-month straight to 50.3 points in November, the slowest in five months, and just slightly above the expansion threshold of 50.

International Monetary Fund strategy chief Ceyla Pazarbasioglu said she will travel to China next week for high-level meetings, part of efforts to press the world's largest sovereign creditor for quicker progress on debt restructurings for countries in need.

The $490 million port at Tibar Bay near the capital Dili is expected to expand trade for Timor Leste, one of the poorest countries in the region.

In a keynote address at the National Investment Meeting held on Wednesday, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo explained that Indonesia and many other countries were facing economic woes that will be prolonged into 2023, and he expects a global recession to start “early next year”.

China's factory activity shrank for a second straight month in November, official data showed Wednesday, as large swathes of the country were hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and transport disruptions.

The minimum wage hikes recently declared in several major provinces are far from what labor unions had demanded, but it is business associations that are seeking legal recourse.

A few weeks ago, Indonesia and Egypt were again in the global spotlight. They hosted global meetings that could hopefully reverberate for years to come and transform climate commitments into real action.

The government is in no hurry to spend unused funds budgeted for this year, planning instead to use them to beef up the state treasury and thus reduce its reliance on debt financing next year, as borrowing gets more costly amid soaring interest rates and heightened uncertainty.

Indonesia’s creative industries festival is back, held offline for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the agenda this year includes non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and art, sustainable lifestyles, music and more.

Singapore warned on Wednesday that economic growth could slow to a trickle next year owing to weakness in key export markets including the United States, Europe and China, as rising interest rates and the Ukraine war cause headwinds.