Category: Business

BPS highlights farm workers’ 0.14-percent daily wage hike in May

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that the average daily wage for farm workers in May 2021 rose by 0.14 percent as compared to the previous month, reaching Rp56,710, from Rp56,629 per day. “However, due to an increase in the household consumption index by 0.22 percent in

BI bans cryptocurrency use as payment instrument, financial tool

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s central bank (BI) has proscribed financial institutions in the country from using cryptocurrency as a payment instrument or financial service tool, BI’s Governor Perry Warjiyo stated. “We bar all financial institutions, especially partners of BI, to not facilitate or use cryptocurrency as a payment instrument or

Global short video collection activity launched to capture beauty of biodiversity

Kunming, China, June 15, 2021 (Antara/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) – A worldwide short video collection activity, “Guarding a diverse world and building a common homeland on Earth,” was kicked off on June 9, 2021. The activity aims to convey the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”, of

BI governor projects 39-percent rise in digital transactions in 2021

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s digital transactions are estimated to rise nearly 39 percent in 2021 to reach Rp370 trillion amid restrictions on public activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo stated here, Tuesday. Three areas of the digital economy envisioned to clock the highest growth

Micro-credit realization reaches Rp111.99 trillion

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The realization of microcredit (KUR) has reached Rp111.99 trillion, or 44.26 percent of the whole year target of Rp253 trillion, as of June 14, 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. “KUR until June 14, 2021 has reached Rp111.99 trillion, and this is 44.26