Indonesian state banks
will provide loans subsidised by the government to food
procurement companies to ensure adequate supplies of rice and
other staples, as harvests were disrupted by prolonged.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank on Tuesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged for a third straight meeting, as inflation continued to slow and after the rupiah currency strengthened significantly. | 03:49am
JAKARTA, April 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank
on Tuesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged for a
third consecutive meeting, as inflation continued to slow and
after the rupiah currency strengthened significantly. . | 03:23am
Indonesia posted a 128.5 trillion rupiah ($8.69 billion) budget surplus in the first quarter on strong tax collection and the recent strengthening of the rupiah currency could help further reduce this year's deficit, officials said on Monday.
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