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WartaJurnal . Indonesia's trade balance has returned to its end in November 2018. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded a trade deficit in the past month that reached 2.05 billion US dollars, the worst since July 2013. Cumulatively or from January to November, the deficit has reached 7.52 billion US dollar. Head of BPS Suhariyanto explained, the factors that make the trade balance fall deep enough are the oil and gas deficit which reached 1.5 billion US dollars and non-oil and gas trade of 583 million US dollars. The cause, he said, is price movements in a number of commodities in October and November. "The price of Indonesian crude oil fell from 77.56 dollars per barrel in October 2018 to 62.98 dollars per barrel in November 2018," Suhariyanto said in his office on Monday. While for non-oil and gas commodities, prices of chocolate and gold increased. The price of non-oil and gas commodities that have declined, he said, is kernel oil, palm oil, coal and nickel. ...

FaktaId . The rupiah exchange rate traded between banks in Jakarta on Friday (12/14/2018) morning fell 55 points to Rp14,554 compared to the previous position of Rp14,499 per US dollar. While the rupiah exchange rate movements on Thursday, the afternoon strengthened by 102 points to Rp14,499 compared to the previous Rp14,601 per US dollar. Head of Monex Investindo Futures Research, Ariston Tjendra in Jakarta, said money market players tend to take a "wait and see" position ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on December 18-19. "Although the level of confidence in the Fed's rate hike is declining, it cannot be assumed that the Fed does not raise interest rates, which makes the market position 'wait and see' transactions in risky currency assets tend to decline," he said. On the other hand, he continued, the market was also still overshadowed by the turmoil of a trade war even though at this time the relative tension had begun to subs...

NasionalIndonesia . The National Police Headquarters estimates that the losses caused by the Ciracas Police attack reached more than Rp1 billion because the masses damaged office facilities, such as official cars, motorbikes and rooms. "No detailed losses have been calculated, seeing that such damage is estimated at more than Rp1 billion," said Karopenmas National Police Headquarters Brigadier General Dedi Prasetyo at the National Police Headquarters on Thursday. However, Dedi has not been able to mention the perpetrators who committed the destruction. The reason is, the investigation process is still being carried out by the Polda Metro Jaya and East Jakarta Police. If there are results, the police can coordinate with the TNI if necessary. Dedi emphasized that investigators should not be hasty in handling this case. Because, the joint team formed by the Metro Jaya Regional Police Chief Inspector General Idham Azis is still working. "The team is working witnesses, analy...

PojokId . Indonesia's trade balance has again suffered a deficit in November 2018. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released today, the cause is a drop in export value of 3.28% year on year (yoy). While the import value was recorded at 16.88 billion US dollars, up 11.68% (yoy). "Our November trade balance has a quite deep deficit of US $ 2.05 billion," Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Suhariyanto said in his office on Monday. Thus, this trade deficit is the worst this year. Based on BPS data, Indonesia's trade balance was recorded at 1.8 billion US dollars in October and reached 2.03 billion US dollars in July. Even so, the value of Indonesia's imports in November was down 4.47 percent compared to October 2018. Oil and gas imports which have been the cause of the deficit, in November 2018 fell to 2.84 billion or 2.80 percent compared to October. But it rose 28.72 percent compared to November 2017. While non-oil and gas imports reac...

LiputanNet . An earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitude occurred in Pacitan, East Java. The epicenter was at sea. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), through its official Twitter account, @infoBMKG, said the earthquake occurred on Tuesday (12/18/2018), at 13.21 WIB. "The epicenter was at sea 93 km southeast of Pacitan," wrote the BMKG. This earthquake is at a depth of 10 kilometers. While the earthquake coordinates are at 9.02 South Latitude and 111.17 East Longitude. The felt earthquake (MMI) on a scale II-III in Trenggalek, East Java. Skala II means that vibrations are felt and light objects are hanging swaying. While on the MMI III scale, vibrations were felt as if a truck had passed. There has been no information regarding the impact of the earthquake on the community.

IdNasional . Presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo said his electability on the island of Sumatra tended to fall, albeit slightly. "Why in Sumatra (electability) do we go down? Including in Jambi, in Riau, yes, even a little," Jokowi said when giving a briefing to the Jambi Province Regional Campaign Team on Sunday. "The problem is that commodity prices have dropped. The price of palm oil has dropped, rubber prices have dropped, and the price of coconuts is too," he continued. This condition causes farmers of oil palm, rubber and coconut to blame the government. Jokowi emphasized that the commodity prices could not be intervened by the state. Commodity prices are part of the price mechanism regulated by the global market. "The government, we cannot influence global prices. Yes, because it is a market mechanism," Jokowi said. Palm prices for example. Jokowi explained that the European Union had banned Indonesian palm oil commodities. This is because ...

JurnalHub . . World crude oil prices also show an upward trend even though OPEC has agreed to cut production next year. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price for delivery in January 2019 at the beginning of last week was still at US $ 52.45 per barrel and the Brent oil price for delivery in February 2019 was US $ 61.67. Even though the price of crude oil has decreased, PT Pertamina (Persero) still has not reduced the price of non-subsidized fuel since 10 October 2018. Even though other business entities have reduced the price of non-subsidized fuel sold at their gas stations. Pertamina's Corporate Communication Vice President, Adiatma Sardjito, admitted that Pertamina was still evaluating fuel prices. He did not explain the reason for the non-subduction fuel price that Pertamina had sold down. "Still evaluating," Aditama said briefly when contacted by Kontan.co.id on Sunday (12/16). The government itself has warned that Pertamina and BBM distributor companies ...

JurnalFakta . Investor interest in emerging market currencies, including Indonesia, slumped in trading this week. The reason is that the market is increasingly worried about slowing global economic growth. "Concerns about various geopolitical risk factors triggered buying sentiment towards the Dollar which increasingly hit the emerging market currencies," said Lukman Otunuga, FXTM Research Analyst on Tuesday (12/18/2018). Lukman explained, the rupiah had difficulty surviving against the US dollar due to cautious sentiment and more Indonesian economic data, adding to the pressure on this currency. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in its latest report said Indonesia recorded the widest trade deficit for more than the last five years in November 2018 due to a decline in exports. The trade deficit reached $ 2.05 billion, so the Rupiah threatened to close in 2018 was not encouraging. Although the Fed is expected to increase interest rates this week, Bank Indonesia is unlikel...

KolomMedia . Candidate number 02 vice president Sandiaga Uno believes Finance Minister Sri Mulyani is aware of the steps that must be taken regarding Indonesia's trade balance deficit. The trade balance in November 2018 suffered a deficit of US $ 2.05 billion. After a deficit of US $ 1.77 billion last month. The trade balance deficit is the highest during January to November 2018. Previously, the largest deficit in the Indonesian trade balance in 2018 occurred in July with a deficit of US $ 2 billion. Nevertheless, said Sandiaga, Sri Mulyani's step needs to be supported by strong and firm leadership. "Mrs. Sri Mulyani already knows, she already knows. But Mrs. Sri Mulyani needs a strong government, it needs strong government and leadership like Pak Prabowo to run it," Sandiaga said when met at the Grand Cempaka Hotel, Central Jakarta, Monday. According to Sandiaga, Indonesia's economic sector will strengthen if Indonesia is led by a firm leader like Prabowo. He co...

LensaAktual . A team of lawyers for victims of the Kabateck LLP Lion Air JT 610 airplane accident announced they had asked The Boeing Co., the manufacturer of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, to help the Indonesian side find the remains of the victims which have not been found. Until the search process was stopped, as many as 64 bodies of victims of the Lion Air JT 610 tragedy had not been found. The families of the victims have also asked the government to carry out further searches. At the same time, Kabateck has also sent a request to Boeing to safeguard all important evidence relating to the aircraft and accidents (preservation notice). Lawyers representing the families of victims of the Lion Air tragedy sued Boeing for wrongful death. This lawsuit was filed in Cook County, Illinois, the location of Boeing's headquarters. "Boeing has a legal obligation to collect all possible evidence at the scene of an accident, but we believe they also have a greater moral obligation to find...

BuletinDigital . Floods have soaked a number of areas in Kampar Regency, Riau, since Sunday. Heavy rain and the opening of five sluice gates in the Koto Panjang hydropower made the Kampar River overflow. At least 7 sub-districts were flooded with water from the river. Residents were forced to flee and depend their lives on government assistance. Unfortunately, until now the assistance that came in was very minimal. One of them is the refugees in Terantang Village, Tambang District. The children in the evacuation tent only ate instant noodles mixed with white rice. Floods in Kampar Regency have soaked a number of sub-districts, including Tambang, Siak Hulu, Kampar Kiri, Kampar Timur, Kampar Utara, Kampar, XIII Koto Kampar, and Rumbio Jaya. As a result, most residents were forced to flee, but not a few residents stayed at home. They make a stage inside the house so they avoid flooding. One of the residents who survived was Nazir (44), a resident of Buluh Cina Village. "My family and...