Cempaka Business and Economy: Is Indonesia the next Brazil?

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Is Indonesia the next Brazil?

Moneycontrol.com, Tue, May 24, 2011

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Indonesia's low debt levels and strong growth potential has made the country a choice destination for investors, prompting financial firms like Deutsche Bank to compare the economy to Brazil's in the 1990s.

"Indonesia's potential, if realized, could deliver Brazil-type returns for years to come," according to Deutsche's report released last week.

Indonesia has enjoyed an average growth rate of 5.7% between 2006 and 2010, and that figure is expected to stay around 6% this year. The growth trajectory has resembled that of Brazil's in the 1990s, Deutsche noted.

Already boasting among the lowest budget deficits in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is hoping to reduce it further in 2012 -- to 1.4-1.6% of GDP from the current 2% -- as it seeks to win approvals from rating agencies.

In February, Indonesia moved one step closer to an investment grade rating for the first time since the Asian financial crisis, when Fitch Ratings agency raised its outlook on the country's sovereign debt to positive from stable. Both Fitch and Moody's ratings on Indonesia currently stand at just one notch below investment grade.

Apart from the low debt levels, Deutsche also lauded the country's consumption power. With 232 million people, Indonesia is home to the world's world`s fourth largest population and the biggest in Southeast Asia.

"This is a population that wants to consume," said Tony Nash, Global Director of Custom Research at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He says consumption in the country has risen 4-and-a-half times in the last 10 years, with sales of cars rising 57% in 2010, and motorbikes up 26%.

And the consumption trend is likely to continue for awhile, according to Deutsche's report.

"The absolute size of (its) working age population will continue rising for at least another 15 years," the bank observed, which will in turn improve Indonesia`s productive and income generating capacity.

Since the Asian financial crisis in 1999, Indonesia has worked to restore macroeconomic stability. It has sufficient reserves cover; a low external debt exposure at 27% of GDP; and a public debt that is below 30% of GDP, among the lowest in the emerging markets.

Couple that with vast natural resource base it boasts, including iron ore and soybeans - it's perhaps easy to see why investors have been drawn to this market. Foreign direct investment was up over 30% last year, while the Indonesian equity market has been the best performing Asian market so far this year.

Deutsche cites the country's progress over the past decade in deepening roots with civil society and democratic institutions as a factor aiding investor sentiment.

But more needs to be done if it is to continue attracting investors.

"Inflexible labor markets are a big, big issue for foreign investors," EIU's Nash pointed out.

Corruption, infrastructure bottlenecks and uncompetitive regulation are also issues that have continued to plague Indonesia.

"The key next step for Indonesia is institution building, and regulatory predictability," Nash concluded.

Source: CNBC.com

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