Online platforms have fundamentally changed the way food outlets operate, offering merchants wide market access on the one hand but also increasing competition on the other, while taking a sizeable chunk out of merchant's revenues in platform fees.

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.

The government and the House of Representatives have reinstated a ban on party politicians running for executive posts at the country's monetary or financial institutions, which was eliminated in the 2004 revision of the Bank of Indonesia Law.

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.

Shares of GoTo have fallen 73.9 percent from their initial price when the delivery giant listed its stock in April, but the company maintains it is on track to profitability and that the drop in value was due to external factors.

Asian markets were mixed Friday as optimism about China's economic reopening continues to face off against concerns about rising interest rates and a possible recession.

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.

The House of Representatives and government have agreed on a clause in a new financial bill to allow former politicians to stand as central bank governor, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

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.

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as sentiment was pulled in opposite directions by worries about a US recession and China's shift away from strict COVID restrictions.

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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 American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (AmCham) has called on the government to reform issues inhibiting US investment in Indonesia.

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.

Asian investors extended a sell-off across global markets Wednesday while oil held losses on growing fears Federal Reserve monetary tightening will tip the US economy into recession.

The rupiah is likely to take an unexpected turn toward appreciation against the United States dollar in 2023, resulting in lower imported inflation, both Bank Indonesia (BI) officials and economists projected.

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

Congressmen Sandro Marcos and Martin Romualdez -- the president's son and cousin respectively -- are among the six authors of the bill filed to the House of Representatives and will be examined by several committees before being debated in the house.

The vast majority of start-ups in Southeast Asia are having a hard time recruiting qualified staff, and retaining them is an increasing problem.

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.

The European Union agreed on Tuesday on a new law to prevent companies from selling into the EU market soy, beef, coffee and other commodities linked to deforestation around the world.

Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as fresh fears that the US Federal Reserve will push interest rates higher than hoped played off against growing optimism over China's economic reopening.

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.