Indonesia

Amid protests by thousands of students across Indonesia on May 12, the Golkar party (the largest in parliament with 129 out of 550 seats) is facing a dilemma over whether to support... 2008-05-13

BMI View: We believe that Indonesia's real GDP growth will slow to 6.1% in 2008 from 6.3% in 2007, as the economy suffers from weaker global expansion and a tighter monetary policy... 2008-05-13

A parliamentary commission has approved the appointment of Chief Economic Minister Boediono as the new governor of the central bank, ending fears that a monetary policy void would... 2008-04-11

Indonesia's economy expanded by 6.32% in 2007, marginally higher than our own 6.20% GDP growth forecast and it has, in our view, reached its medium-term peak. The country managed... 2008-04-11

The passing of a long-awaited new bill on sharia-compliant debt by parliament on April 8 has paved the way for Indonesia to launch its first Islamic bonds this year. At this early... 2008-04-09

BMI View: Asian governments have good reasons to fear Kosovo's recent secession from Serbia. Virtually every Asian country has a territory or ethnic minority that has sought or is... 2008-03-10

After witnessing largely benign inflation across the region in 2007, accelerating price growth is set to become a key theme in Asia in 2008, and the way countries set about tackling... 2008-01-09

It is hoped that the November 24 landslide victory of Kevin Rudd as Australia's new prime minister, which gave John Howard's Liberal Party its worst defeat in its 63 year history,... 2007-11-29

BMI View: Higher than expected GDP growth for Q307 could persuade Bank Indonesia (BI) to keep interest rates steady at 8.25% for the rest of the year, staving off a 25bps cut until... 2007-11-15

Oil prices declined for a second consecutive day today as profit-taking saw Brent crude fall below US$87/bbl, but despite this short-term retreat ahead of today's Fed meeting, there... 2007-10-31