Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves declined by $1.3 billion to $144.9 billion at the end of May 2026 from $146.2 billion a month earlier, according to

Rahmat Hidayat – Indonesia's financial markets are facing a deeper challenge than a conventional market correction, according to political economy analyst Kusfiardi, who warned that inv

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has rejected the growing "sell Indonesia" narrative circulating among some global investors, arguing that the country's e

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – The rupiah slid to a new record low of Rp 18,000 per United States dollar on Thursday, extending its losses this year to more than 7 percent and making it Asi

Antara, Jakarta – Sovereign wealth fund Danantara has denied reports that rich Indonesians with savings of over Rp 3 billion ($166,242) are required to purchase Patriot Bonds and Merah

Jauhari Mahardhika, Jakarta – The "sell Indonesia" trade gathers pace on Friday as foreign investors dump another Rp 3.7 trillion ($204 million) worth of Indonesian equities, extending

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's rupiah has weakened past the psychological level of Rp18,000 per US dollar, prompting calls for broader policy coordination beyond monetary

Jakarta – The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday expanding the central bank's role to include responsibility for economic growth and allowing lawmakers to evaluate its perf

Tempo.co, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) continued its sharp correction on Thursday, falling more than 4 percent.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia has injected Rp 8 trillion ($443 million) into the bond market to help stabilize the rupiah as the currency weakened beyond Rp 18,000 per US dol

Prisma Ardianto, Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Rupiah sank to a fresh record low against the Singapore dollar on Wednesday, briefly breaching Rp 14,000 for the second time in less than a we

Antara, Jakarta – Global rating agency Moody's Ratings has assigned a Baa2 issuer rating for the first time to PT Danantara Investment Management (DIM), while simultaneously attaching a

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah exchange rate slides past 17,880 in Friday's trading, marking a decline compared to the previous week.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate has once again plummeted on Thursday morning, May 28, 2026, to the level of Rp17,870 per US dollar.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The rupiah has entered a phase of excessive depreciation and is now trading significantly weaker than what Indonesia's long-term economic fundamentals wou

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said he was "stressed" by the rupiah's sharp depreciation after the currency briefly weakened to around Rp 17,848 aga

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) closed lower for the week of May 18 to 22, 2026, compared to the previous week.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Associated Press, Jakarta – Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) fell deeper into correction territory on Friday morning as investors reacted to mounting concerns over the

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has expanded the range of foreign currencies allowed for the placement of export earnings from natural resource commodities, permitting expo

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Associated Press, Jakarta – Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) plunged more than 3% on Thursday as investors dumped commodity-linked shares after President Prabowo Subian

M Ghafur Fadillah, Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Associated Press, Jakarta – Indonesian stocks extended their decline on Wednesday as investors reacted to a mix of domestic pressures, including B

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia unexpectedly delivered a larger-than-anticipated interest rate hike on Wednesday, raising its benchmark BI Rate by 50 basis points to 5.25%

Antara, Jakarta – The rupiah weakened at the close of trading on Tuesday, falling 38 points or 0.22 percent to Rp17,706 per US dollar, from Rp17,668 earlier.

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt rose to $434 billion in the first quarter of 2026, increasing 0.5% from the previous quarter and 0.8% year-on-year.

Zhulfakar, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has pushed back against criticism from British magazine The Economist over the fiscal direction of President Prabowo Subianto'

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's external debt edged higher in the first quarter of 2026, driven by government borrowing, although the central bank said the country's debt pro

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) are warning that the rupiah's continued depreciation against the US dollar could lead to layoffs if the cur

Ricki Putra Harahap, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will inject Rp 2 trillion ($113.2 million) per day into the domestic bond market to help stabilize the rupiah as the currency co

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian rupiah exchange rate plummeted to 17,600 per US dollar during the long weekend on Friday, May 15, 2026.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is not worried about the weakening of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The rupiah could weaken beyond Rp18,000 per U.S.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) this week, May 11-13, plummeted by 3.53 percent to 6,723.32, amid the announcement of Morgan Stanley Capital International (

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The rupiah's depreciation beyond Rp 17,500 against the US dollar has triggered a rise in foreign-exchange transactions at money changers across Jakarta, as peo

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian billionaire Prajogo Pangestu saw his fortune shrink by $1.8 billion (Rp 31.5 trillion) in a single day on his 82nd birthday after global inde

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The continued slide of the rupiah, which has fallen beyond Rp 17,500 against the US dollar for the first time on Tuesday, should not be compared with the count

Natasha Khairunisa, Jakarta – Rupiah weakened past Rp 17,500 against the US dollar on Tuesday morning as investors monitored stalled peace talks between the United States and Iran, whil

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell by $2 billion to $146.2 billion in April 2026, raising concerns over Bank Indonesia's ability to defend the rup

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) said non-performing loans in the country's online lending industry were dominated by borrowers aged 19 t

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's government debt approached Rp 10,000 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, with the vast majority financed through state securities issuance, acco

James Guild – The Indonesian rupiah is currently trading at around 17,400 to one U.S. dollar.

Antara, Jakarta – Currency swap agreements being pursued by the Indonesian government and Bank Indonesia may help stabilize the rupiah in the short term, but they are not a sustainable

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto approved seven Bank Indonesia (BI) strategies to strengthen the rupiah exchange rate, especially after it weakened (undervalued)

Nasori, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia has reduced the amount of US dollars individuals can purchase in the domestic market without supporting documentation to $50,000 per month, as authoriti

Mutia Yuantisya – The Head of the Monetary and Asset Management Department at Bank Indonesia (BI), Erwin Gunawan Hutapea, stated that the rupiah's exchange rate fluctuations since the o

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Rupiah fell to one of its weakest levels this year on Thursday, pressured by persistent global uncertainty after the Federal Reserve held interest rates, reinf

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Fitch Ratings, a global credit rating agency, has outlined several investor concerns regarding Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara, which was a

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The rupiah exchange rate closed weaker at Rp17,243 per US dollar on Tuesday afternoon, April 28, 2026, down 32 points from the previous day at Rp17,211

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia's benchmark stock index posted a steep weekly decline, pressured by global uncertainty, currency weakness and a review by MSCI.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Indonesia's liquidity accelerated more strongly in March, with broad money growth picking up alongside surging government-related flows and

Gayatri Suroyo and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam, Jakarta – Indonesia has room to breach its legal fiscal deficit ceiling of 3 percent of GDP without triggering an immediate ratings downgrade