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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Fathul Nugroho, deputy chairman of the Indonesian Association of Energy, Mineral, and Coal Suppliers (Aspebindo), considers LG Energy Solution's (LGES) decision

A Korean consortium led by LG has decided to withdraw from a project worth around 11 trillion won ($7.7 billion) to establish an EV battery supply chain in Indonesia, industry sources s

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesian consumers have continued to grow more anxious as job prospects dim and rising living costs strain household budgets, dragging confidence to its low

Kadek Swarniati, Jakarta – Indonesia's current account deficit pressures the middle class, forcing them to use their savings.

Kiki Siregar, Liquica, Timor-Leste/Morowali, Indonesia: Most people would not be thrilled to be surrounded by a sea of trash daily, but Dion Gonsalves feels blessed to have the opportun

Salsabilla Azzahra Octavia, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate surpassed Rp17,000 per US dollar after Eid Al-Fitr 2025.

Kuala Lumpur – Planned United States tariffs could reduce Indonesia's potential growth by 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points, but a 90-day pause in implementing the levies allows time to disc

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has pledged to pursue deregulation, or the simplification of existing rules, in the fiscal sector to shield Indonesia from "global econo

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Indonesia's consumer price index (CPI) in March had risen to its highest reading since December last year after the government ended the electricity discoun

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Microsoft is reported to postpone or slow down the development project of data centers in several regions, including Indonesia.

Erin Hale – Indonesia's rupiah is trading at record lows against the US dollar, stirring memories of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a 1.65 percent month-to-month inflation in March amid price hikes in electricity bills and food commodities.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto warned that the risk of a global recession is rising following the imposition of U.S.

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – The number of travelers returning to their hometowns (mudik) for this year's Eid is expected to drop significantly, breaking a decade-long trend of increasing

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Jakarta – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, long regarded as one of Asia's finest finance ministers, is facing mounting pressure after a recent s

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) has revealed several indications of subdued household consumption ahead of Eid 2025.

Stefanno Sulaiman, Jakarta – Indonesian officials will seek to address concerns among investors and other key economic players about an economic downturn in Southeast Asia's biggest eco

Maria Monica Wihardja and Chatib Basri – We must get Indonesia's middle-class narrative right to devise appropriate policy responses.

Rehan Oktra Halim, Jakarta – A decline in consumer spending is evident in the deflation recorded at the start of 2025.

Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – Consumer goods and pharmaceutical firms including Mayora and Kimia Farma have been struggling to maintain profitability despite steady sales growth, partly becaus

Philip J. Heijmans and Chandra Asmara – For months, President Prabowo Subianto's moves to chip away at Indonesia's long-established economic guardrails have stoked anxiety in markets.

Batang, Central Java – Even as protesters took to the streets on Thursday to reject the revised Law on the Indonesian Military (TNI), President Prabowo Subianto said his administration

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Chief Legal Affairs Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said Thursday that the Navayo International dispute should be a wake-up call for the Indonesian governmen

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Stock trading on the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 experienced a temporary suspension or trading halt due to a drastic point decline.

Beritasatu Team, Jakarta – Ramadan and Eid have traditionally served as strategic periods for boosting Indonesia's national economy, as consumer spending typically surges.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) plunged by 6.12 percent at the close of the first trading session on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.