indonesia
in doh nee zhuh
- n a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
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- Indonesia’s Delayed Fuel Decision Haunts Rupiah: Southeast Asia
Indonesia’s government needs to rein in fuel subsidies that have spurred a current-account deficit to support efforts by the central bank to stabilize the weakening rupiah, economists say.
June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg - Indonesia Plan for Higher Coal Royalties to Hurt Low Rank Miners
Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, proposed doubling royalties for some miners next year, threatening margins at companies that produce about 20 percent of the nation’s supplies.
June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg - Indonesia Lifts Deposit Facility Rate To Counter Rupiah Slide
Indonesia's central bank raised the interest rate on deposit facility after the rupiah touched its weakest level since 2009. The bank also said it will maintain sufficient liquidity in the market. In a statement on Tuesday, Bank Indonesia said it is raising the deposit facility rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent, effective from June 12.
June 12, 2013 - RTT News
Quotes
- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in USA Today
In a televised address, Yudhoyono called on "the people of Indonesia to pay their last respects to one of Indonesia's best sons ...... who has done very great service to his beloved nation." - Robert Gates in The Age
Our ships and aircraft awaited country approval so they could act promptly to save thousands of lives -- approval of the kind granted by Indonesia immediately after the 2004 tsunami and by Bangladesh after a fierce cyclone just last November,... - Barack Obama in Pittsburgh Post Gazette
As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk,Mr. Obama said, tying his experience with those in the audience.