Cempaka Business and Economy: Indonesia suffers first trade deficit in nearly 2 years

"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. …”

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Indonesia suffers first trade deficit in nearly 2 years

Asian News Network, Hans David Tampubolon and Linda Yulisman, The Jakarta Post,02-06-2012

Indonesia’s trade balance plunged into the red in April for the first time in nearly two years due to the unexpected drop in exports during the month, a national statistics agency announced yesterday.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that the country suffered a trade deficit of US$641.1 million in April of this year after recording a surplus of $920 million in January, $692.8 million in February and $840 million in March.

Imports rose 11.65 per cent on a yearly basis to $16.62 billion, while exports declined by 3.46 per cent to $15.98 billion during the same month, the first time since September 2009. The drop in exports had caused the first trade deficit since July 2010.

BPS statistics director Satwiko Darmesto said that the slide in exports was particularly driven by dwindling international demand for Indonesian natural commodities during the month.

"Declining demand affected coal and crude palm oil exports,” he said during the announcement, attributing the lower demand for palm oil to India and China, the largest buyers of the commodity.

Exports of mineral fuel, mainly coal, were down 6.8 per cent to $2.43 billion in April from March, while exports of fat and vegetable oil, especially palm oil, dropped by 19.21 per cent to $1.76 billion from a month earlier, statistics show.

Other commodities, such as natural rubber and copper, also suffered from slowing demand, Satwiko added.

The decline in exports was also likely caused by the fall of commodity prices in international markets since the end of this year in addition to overall weaker demand from major export destinations, Institute for Development of Economics and Finance executive director Enny Sri Hartati said.

She said that the fall in exports was partly caused by decline in orders from China, which has started to feel the pinch of the economic crisis in Europe. “This trend will continue in the future,” she added.

Apart from this, the domestic industry’s dependence on imported raw materials and intermediary goods for production would put more pressure on the trade balance due to surging imports in the future, Enny further said.

China’s economy is highly exposed to the situation in Europe, the epicenter of the current global economic crisis. China’s economy, which greatly depends on exports, expanded by 8.1 per cent during the first quarter of this year, reaching its slowest pace since 2009.

The BPS data showed that non-oil-and-gas exports to China dropped by 0.5 per cent to $2.05 billion in April from a month earlier. Non-oil exports to Japan, one of Indonesia’s top export destinations, fell by 15.18 per cent to $1.43 billion, joining the US, South Korea and the EU in the list of Indonesia’s ailing trading partners.

Exports to the EU have been slowing down since the last quarter of last year, while exports to the US and South Korea, have decelerated since the first quarter of this year. Despite the slower export growth, China, Japan and the US remained the country’s largest export destinations for non-oil-and-gas goods, settling at $2.05 billion, $1.22 billion and $1.12 billion respectively.

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