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View all search resultsIMF, global investors see Indonesia as bright spot, BI says
The International Monetary Fund and foreign investors see Indonesia as one of the world’s “bright spots” with strong economic fundamentals and resilience, despite the country’s vulnerability to global economic turmoil, according to Bank Indonesia.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva (left) gives a television interview on April 15, 2026, during the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC. (AFP/Kent Nishimura)
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he International Monetary Fund and foreign investors see Indonesia as one of the world’s “bright spots” with strong economic fundamentals and resilience, despite the country’s vulnerability to global economic turmoil, according to Bank Indonesia (BI).
“The IMF and global investors have praised Indonesia’s consistency in maintaining its macroeconomic stability through a solid fiscal and monetary synergy to keep the deficit below 3 percent of GDP, with adaptable and forward-looking policy in response to external pressures,” BI spokesperson Anton Pitono wrote in a press release on Wednesday.
During the IMF Spring Meetings 2026 on Tuesday, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said that, amid increasingly complex global dynamics, Indonesia was deemed capable of optimally balancing stability and growth, underpinned by strong domestic demand.
The meeting was attended by BI Governor Perry Warjiyo, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and members of the House of Representatives.
BI insisted in the meeting that Indonesia’s domestic economy remained on the right track, with strong demand, controlled inflation and improving banking intermediation.
The central bank noted that Indonesia had pursued an integrated policy mix by combining monetary policy focused on stability, growth-oriented macroprudential policy and strengthening the payment system to support economic activity and digitalization.
Amid ongoing global turbulence, the central bank expressed its commitment to maintaining exchange rate stability, strengthening monetary instruments and prudent liquidity management to sustain growth, as well as working with the government to implement fiscal discipline.
