Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara has picked Chinese partners to set up waste-to-energy facilities in the trash-infested Bekasi and Denpasar.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Business lobby Apindo recently said that Indonesian small enterprises could be safe from the trade-related repercussions of the Iran war, as their export r

Nabila Kusworo, Jakarta – Leo Tolstoy once wrote that "all happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – Indonesia is aiming to become a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain through a strategic partnership with the United States, backed by nearly $

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government is accelerating seasonal fiscal support ahead of Ramadan, including the early disbursement of Rp 55 trillion ($3.2 bill

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto recently told American investors to not worry about Indonesia's investment climate.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia is not in crisis, but warning lights are flashing as fiscal pressures rise, investor confidence dampens, and the economy's

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – University of Paramadina economist Wijayanto Samirin believes the government needs to listen to domestic economic analysts' criticisms.

Anastasya Lavenia Yudia, Jakarta – The International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) assesses that Indonesia's economy, which is expected to grow by 5.11 percent annually by

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said on Thursday that several global rating agencies had misjudged Indonesia's economic trajectory, after earlier forecas

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Restoring investor confidence in Indonesia will require credible and predictable policymaking rather than defensive responses to criticism, economists from

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto met with several of Indonesia's wealthiest business leaders on Tuesday evening, urging them to prioritize investments that

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met with five national business leaders in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java, on late Tuesday, February 10, 2026.

A series of blows from "foreign" forces over the last nine days has exposed the weakness of the Indonesian economy.

Dian Ayu Yustina, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy continues to record steady growth, reaching 5.11 percent in 2025, a modest acceleration from 5.03 percent in 2024.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – The government is intensifying efforts to expand industrialization and strengthen investor confidence as part of a broader push to improve Indonesia's inve

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesian consumer confidence strengthened in January 2026, reflecting improved perceptions of current economic conditions and a more upbeat outlook fo

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) achieved the highest economic growth on Java Isla

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Indonesia is on the right pathway to achieve 8 percent economic growth, said Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, the Minister of Investment and Downstream and Danantara C

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara has agreed to work with the Australian government to power a reciprocal flow of investments.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara on Friday kicked off the first phase of its downstream industrial push, breaking ground on six projects with a comb

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy grows 5.11% in 2025, beating the previous year's performance but falling short of the government's 5.2% target, official data shows.

Jakarta – Indonesia's economy picked up pace last year to grow more than five percent, data showed Thursday, thanks to a pick-up in consumption following a huge government stimulus pack

Antara, Jakarta – The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has stated that great improvements in the investment climate and real sector productivity are necessary

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government is preparing to roll out a Rp 12.8 trillion ($763.29 million) economic stimulus package in the first quarter of 2026, combining transport f

Andi Irawan, Bengkulu – The debate over public policy priorities, whether to emphasize immediate consumption programs like the free nutritious meal program or structural production poli

Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia in January reported its quickest pace of inflation in nearly three years, its statistics bureau said on Monday, as it also relea

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded deflation in January as food prices slid, but annual inflation accelerated on the back of electricity tariffs and rising gold prices, of

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government is finalizing a Ramadan-Eid al Fitr 2026 stimulus package aimed at supporting both demand and supply to lift economic growth in the first q

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Jakarta – Shadow economy is a growing threat to fiscal stability in Indonesia, said fiscal policy researcher from the Faculty of Economics and Business

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – Permata Bank Chief Economist Josua Pardede urged that the Indonesian government immediately restore market confidence through certainty of policy direct

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Economists Alliance has once again issued seven economic demands in a meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

Jakarta – National Strategic Projects may well become one of the worst economic development legacies from the administrations of Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto.

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth forecast for Indonesia in 2026, signaling growing confidence in the country's resilience even as

Antara, Jakarta – Bhima Yudhistira, Executive Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), identified factors that will increase pressure on consumer purchasing power th

Riri Rahayuningsih, Jakarta – The latest survey results from Bank Indonesia reveal a trend where the public is allocating a larger portion of their income to savings while simultaneousl

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – International Economic Association Secretary General Lili Yan Ing has urged the government to take a more measured and consistent approach in setting its e

Jakarta – Indonesian policymakers love targets, and always have, and the administration of President Prabowo Subianto is no exception.

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic growth is projected to be stuck within the 5 percent range while facing pressure on quality growth in 2026.

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Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia could become the fourth richest country in the world.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia's start-up ecosystem spent 2025 in a crisis of trust, shaken by high-profile frauds and their aftershocks that chilled investor appetite and deepene

Jakarta – The disaster in Sumatra toward the end of last year exposed the weaknesses of President Prabowo Subianto's administration.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Jakarta – Indonesia faces another year of roughly 5% economic growth in 2026, with global uncertainty, heavy exposure to China, and weakening household demand lim

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Achieving 6 percent economic growth in 2026 may not be out of reach for Indonesia, according to economic analysts.

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia has met its national investment target for 2025, with total realized investment expected to reach Rp 1,905 trillion ($113.9 billion), Investment Mini

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) expects Indonesia's economic growth to remain under pressure in 2026, hovering around 5%, amid m

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Indonesia's economic resilience is currently low, edging towards fragile, the Bright Institute reported.

Eva Fitriani, Jakarta – Palm oil issuers are expected to enjoy a good year in 2026, according to analysts, amid a likely uptrend in production and prices.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) predicts that economic growth targets for this year and 2026 will be difficult to achieve due to floods in Suma