Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara is in early talks to participate in Grab Holdings' proposed $7 billion acquisition of GoTo Group, a move tha

Yolanda Agne, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth in 2025 is predicted to decline.

Ayos Carlos, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is showing signs of distress amid slowing growth, rising layoffs, and deflation, prompting calls for the government to prioritize real policy

The Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) highlighted the decline in third-party funds (DPK) for savings and deposits influenced by weakening purchasing power in Indonesia.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is projected to grow by 4.7 percent in 2025 and 4.8 percent in 2026, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve

Rama Sukarta, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy is showing signs of a slowdown following a surprise deflation of 0.37 percent in May 2025, raising concerns about weakening consumer demand a

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Inflation slowed in May as prices of key food items declined, easing pressure on consumers amid persistent weak sentiment.

Muhammad Farhan, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a monthly deflation of 0.37 percent in May 2025, driven primarily by falling food prices, according to the latest data

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani announced that the government has canceled the planned 50 percent electricity tariff discount scheduled for June to July 2025

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Faculty of Economics and Business lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Wisnu Nugroho, questions the long-term effectiveness of the six economic stimulus pa

Antara, Jakarta – Japanese automotive giant Suzuki has invested over Rp 1 trillion ($61 million) in the development of its latest model, the Fronx, in Indonesia, marking a significant c

Jakarta – If one reads headlines over the past couple of weeks and months, it may sound like a full-blown economic crisis is upon us, not unlike that caused by the COVID-19 pandemic a f

Jakarta – The government plans to announce economic stimulus measures on June 5 to revive activity and boost consumer purchasing power, hoping to push economic growth to around 5 percen

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia is looking to expand its downstream industry policy to include benzoin resin, a high-value commodity largely overlooked amid the country's push to pr

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chinese nickel material manufacturer Huayou is set to break ground on its Indonesian electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem project by August, thus offici

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The deputy chief of Presidential Staff, Muhammad Qodari, said President Prabowo Subianto's administration has introduced an economic democracy transforma

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia confirmed on Thursday that it was his decision to remove South Korea's LG Energy Solution from a high-profil

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has revised down its economic growth projection for 2025 to a range of 4.6 to 5.4 percent, citing weaker global growth and slower-than-expe

Arnoldus Kristianus, Speaking at a parliamentary session in Jakarta, Sri Mulyani stressed the need for national unity and collaboration to navigate ongoing global economic challenges, i

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – Grab Indonesia on Thursday dismissed market speculation of a potential $7 billion merger with Indonesian tech giant GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO), calling

Jakarta – After first quarter economic growth data came in nowhere near where the government needs it to be, officials pointed to the second quarter as the one to watch.

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic competitiveness continues to falter due to high investment costs and a shortage of skilled labor, with illegal fees and local intimidation co

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Ministry of Investment and Facility for Upstream Industries projects that the value of digital economy investments in Indonesia in 2025 will reach US$

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – After three straight months of decline, Indonesia's consumer confidence finally grew in April, the country's central bank announced Friday.

Heru Andriyanto, Tokyo – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has invited members of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to deepen their involveme

Riandy Laksono – Trump's tariffs and the uncertainty around them have put the world economy in great turmoil.

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) believes that Indonesia's economic growth of 4.87 percent is still quite high for investors.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Senior Researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Deni Friawan, has described the Indonesian economy as being "overcast," as eco

Linda Lestari, Jakarta – Several institutions have projected Indonesia's economic growth in 2025. Some estimate Indonesia's economic growth to be below 5 percent in 2025.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia is attracting growing interest from global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, with seven automakers expressing intent to build production facilitie

Jakarta – It will be a challenge for Indonesia's economy to grow 5 per cent this year due to the global trade war and softening consumer spending, but a moderation won't put the country

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Economic growth in Prabowo Subianto's first-full quarter as president has touched the slowest pace since the coronavirus pandemic as the Ramadan boost failed to

Jakarta – Indonesia recorded year-on-year (yoy) economic growth of 4.87 percent in the first quarter of 2025, ranking as the second-highest among G20 countries after China, which report

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is set to ramp up social assistance and the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) initiative to boost economic growth after first-quarter

Rama Sukarta, Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing sector suffered a steep contraction in April 2025, with the S&P Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)

Jayanty Nada Shofa & Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grew at a slower rate of 4.87 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2025, official statistics sh

Jakarta – The national economy grew 4.87 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, its weakest growth rate in more than three years, official data showed on Monday, compared wit

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The director of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Institute, Heru Sutadi, believes that Apple's investment in producing AirTag has not ha

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – World's largest palm oil producer Indonesia reported Tuesday that it had attracted investment worth hundreds of millions of American dollars in the first q

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia reported that it had attracted Rp 465.2 trillion (approximately $27.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2025, and over half of the money came from

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – When Resty Kinanthi arrived at a gold shop in South Jakarta at 8am on a recent weekday eager to buy a few grams of the precious metal, she was quickly turned awa

Jakarta – The government has been quick to play down the news that LG Energy Solution is withdrawing from an US$8.45 billion electric vehicle battery (EVB) project that formed a central

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – The decision by South Korean company LG to exit a US$8.45 billion (S$11.1 billion) plan to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain in Indone

Investor Daily, Jakarta – Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast has secured a syndicated loan worth Rp 1.84 trillion ($109 million) to fund the construction of an EV ass

Arnoldus Kristianus, Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – Indonesia is well-positioned to weather increasing global economic uncertainties and keep its financial system stable, according to Finan

Antara, Jakarta – Investment Minister Rosan Perkasa Roeslani clarified on Wednesday that South Korea's LG Energy Solution did not pull out voluntarily from its $7.7 billion battery ecos

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has again brought up the issue of stock price movements.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Two major electric vehicle (EV) projects in Indonesia – by Vietnam's VinFast and China's BYD – are facing disruptions allegedly caused by local civic groups, o

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday that there was no reason to be concerned about LG Energy Solution's (LGES) decision to withdraw from a Rp 142 trillion ($8.45 billio

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Singapore maintained its position as Indonesia's largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2025, continuing a decade-long trend, ac