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In a perfect world, current macroeconomic situation would have given BI some space to ease monetary policy. Year-to-date inflation hovers at 2.16%, well below BI’s lower-end target, while the trend of slowdown in growth seems to have bottomed out. This, however, is not a perfect world. We expect BI to maintain its policy rates (Repo...Read More

(Prasaran ini hanya tersedia dalam bahasa Inggris.) Teguh Dartanto, Jahen Fachrul Rezki, Usman, Chairina Hanum Siregar, Hamdan Bintara, and Wahyu Pramono Abstract: The implementation of national health insurance in Indonesia since 2014 has brought out the ”missing middle” problem in which the non-poor informal sectors have remained uncovered from the health care due to self-enrollment....Read More

BPS mencatat deflasi (umum) sebesar 0.08% (mtm) pada bulan Oktober 2015.  Faktor utama penyebab deflasi adalah penurunan harga pada kelompok bahan makanan sebesar -1.06% (mtm). Sesuai ekspektasi LPEM FEB UI, deflasi pada bulan Oktober 2015 merupakan pola lanjutan dari bulan September 2015.Read More

After years of high commodity prices since mid-2000s and, subsequently, quantitative easing policies in developed economies on an unprecedented scale, Indonesia—along with the rest of emerging markets —became complacent and failed to enact badly-needed structural reforms.Read More