The Jakarta Post-Asian stock markets mostly fell Monday, pressured by worries over a slowing global recovery as oil prices rose to their highest level in more than two years after the conflict in Libya escalated. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 141.73 points, or 1.3 percent, to 10,551.93. Sentiment in Tokyo was downbeat on […]

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The government needs to come up with breakthroughs to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), otherwise the country could have insufficient foreign currency inflows to cover the current-account deficit, the central bank has warned. In the past, the current-account deficit could be supported by a hefty surplus in the capital account, due to the market being […]

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