JAKARTA: The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) closed 2017 with a big bang. On Dec. 29, the last day of trading, the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) reached a record high of 6355.65. It was higher than in China (6.6 percent), Singapore (18.1 percent), Malaysia (9.5 percent) and Thailand (13.7 percent). Out of that gain, a 6.8 percentage point increase was recorded in December alone. This was unprecedented.
Indonesia records 2.68 percent January inflation using new formula
Indonesia recorded annual inflation of 2.68 percent in January in applying a new formula for calculating its consumer price index...
