Category: Economy
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Implementation of Cigarette Tax Revenue Sharing Fund Allocation for Community Welfare by 50%!
Kompas Pagi Cigarettes not only cause health problems but also have an impact on the environment. Cigarette butts are difficult to decompose and pollute the environment. There is a proposal for a 50% budget allocation of cigarette tax revenue sharing funds for community welfare.
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Paypal Can Be Accessed! Government Finally Reopens Paypal Site on July 31 Yesterday
Kompas Pagi Starting July 29, 2022, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology blocked several electronic system providers, PSEs, that only registered at the specified deadline. Several foreign PSEs, such as Paypal financial transaction services, Amazon E-commerce services, Yahoo search engine services, Bing, and several streaming game sites such as Steam and Dota, were also…
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If the election is postponed, what will the Profits and losses be for the business world?
Kompas Bisnis The discourse on political postponement or the three-term government regime continues. Coupled with the news of a cabinet reshuffle. The discourse on postponing this election continues to roll from the political party elite on the pretext of restoring the economy due to the co-19 pandemic. Then how does the business world respond to…
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Moving to the New Capital City Requires Large Funds. Will the IKN Megaproject Continue?
Kompas Pagi President Jokowi has been planning to move the IKN capital city from Jakarta toKalimantan since 2019. Having become a pro and con by some experts, thegovernment is still formulating the right budget, but on the one hand, the ministries haveyet to be unanimous regarding the source of funds. Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives…
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About the Cost of Building a New Capital City, Economist: Can the New Capital Restore the National Economy?
Kompas Bisnis Faisal Basri, INDEF Senior Economist and Academician at the University of Indonesiadiscussed that building a new capital city (IKN) needs to be monitored, especially interms of the state budget, which takes up to half a quadrillion dollars. The governmentmust also strategize short-term and long-term funding schemes by minimizing the statebudget allocation in the…
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Answering the Issue of Garuda Indonesia’s Bankruptcy, Debt Restructuring as a Way Out?
Kompas Bisnis Rapid business turbulence, along with internal and external shocks, is beingexperienced by Garuda Indonesia. The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs)previously stated that the state-owned airline, Garuda Indonesia, is technically bankruptdue to its debt burden. Irfan Setiaputra, Garuda Indonesia’s Managing Director,responded to this, stating that Garuda Indonesia is technically bankrupt but that the factremains…
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The Harshness of City Life and Those Struggling to Get Out of Poverty
Jurnal Glenys Poverty is still the government’s homework. The government has attempted manyformulations, such as direct cash assistance, relocation of residents to runaways, andthe arrangement of slum villages. As of March 2021, BPS data states that the poverty rate is 10.14%, equivalent to 27.54million people. The portrait of poverty can be found around us in…
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Dialogue with Arcandra Tahar: Europe’s Energy Crisis, What Lessons Can Indonesia Learn?
TERAS EKBIS With Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources for the 2016-2020 period,Arcandra Tahar discusses countries in the blue continent of Europe experiencingdifficulties with the energy crisis. Natural gas and coal prices are soaring, which makesEuropean citizens pay more for electricity and other energy usage costs. What makesEurope enter an energy crisis? A continent…
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Pelindo Merger Should Make Logistics Cost-Efficient
Four state-owned ports, Pelindo 1, 2, 3 and 4, are officially integrated or merged. Thereare 4 advantages of integrating the business of the world’s 8th largest containeroperator. Starting from logistics costs that fell 1.6%, an increase of 1.1% of grossdomestic product, this increased state revenue by up to 8 trillion and created 1,000 newjobs in…
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The economic impact of the Jakarta sinking
The climate crisis threatens Asia’s coastal cities, and Jakarta is no exception. Theextreme rise in sea level threatens Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital and business center.The country is predicted to suffer losses of up to 68 billion US dollars. As a coastal city,Jakarta has the potential to sink by 2030. The climate crisis causes rising sea levels.The…