While the global financial crisis (GFC) deepens with no clear signs of abatement, it is almost impossible to assess its full impacts on any economies, including that of Indonesia. Nonetheless, it is important to take stock of the impacts of the GFC on Indonesia and to assess the implementation...

Looking at the period of January 1987 to July 1995, this study shows that the monetary authority in Indonesia had actively intervened the foreign exchange market to ensure the stability of rupiah real exchange rate. Strong evidences of real exchange rate targeting were even more significant...

As part of its trade policy, Singapore has recently embarked on what can broadly be termed "new regionalism". This is characterized by its new-found desire to enter into Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the economic powerhouses (Japan and the United States in particular) as well as with a...