The retail sales index dipped slightly in January when compared with the holiday month of December but is up a strong 7 percent year-on-year.

Although formal job creation has improved, job quality, reflected in income stability, benefits and productivity, remains unequal.

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said on Monday that the government continued to adhere to fiscal rules and had not breached statutory deficit limits, stressing that budget management remained on a prudent footing.

Bulog’s planned warehouse in the Haj Village will also be used to store other food commodities from Indonesia, such as meat and fish, to meet the consumption needs of the haj pilgrims. 

The poverty rate rests at a historic low of 8.25 percent of the total population, continuing its declining trend from September 2022.

The former deputy finance minister, who also President Prabowo Subianto's nephew, replaced Juda Agung, who resigned as BI deputy governor on Jan. 13 and was inaugurated as deputy finance minister on Thursday.

Japanese stocks soared to record highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's election triumph, but experts warned that the country's first woman leader could struggle to keep both voters and markets happy.

Data from the Manpower Ministry in January showed a 13 percent layoff increase in 2025 compared with the preceding year.

Economists interpret the rating agency’s latest assessment as a serious corrective signal, noting that a downgrade in Indonesia’s credit rating could sharply raise borrowing costs and pile pressure on the rupiah.

In what appears to be a coordinated role swap, the President has appointed a former BI deputy governor to fill the deputy finance minister post left vacant by his nephew Tommy Djiwandono, who is set to take up his new job as BI deputy governor.

The government has announced a temporary waiver on value-added tax (VAT) for airline tickets for the upcoming Idul Fitri holiday period, when travel demand spikes across the country.

Indonesian stocks and currency traded weaker in early trade on Friday after Moody's lowered the country's credit rating outlook, the latest jolt in a turbulent start to the year for Southeast Asia's largest economy.

Economic growth improved slightly last year but failed to meet the government’s target set out in the state budget.

The figures come days after the country's stock market suffered its worst crash in decades after index compiler MSCI threatened a downgrade over the transparency of the free-float stocks.

The finance minister stated that the 2025 deficit was deliberately pushed close to the 3 percent limit to ensure that the economic downturn did not spiral into a recession.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that annual inflation reached 3.55 percent year-on-year (yoy) in January, citing a low base effect after the figure fell below its normal trend in January last year because of electricity tariff discounts.

Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organization, warns the facilitator of talks on revamping the global trade body.

The imports, tracked by Kpler and Vortexa, came as the prospect of declining demand from India, one of the main buyers of Russian crude, has depressed prices of the western-sanctioned oil, sales of which are vital in helping fund the war in Ukraine.

The government has logged another annual increase in layoffs, continuing a four-year trend that points toward a growing informal sector.  

Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto says all negotiation points on a tariff deal with the United States have been agreed between the two sides, and all that is left is signing by the respective presidents, pending scheduling.

Strong household consumption, fiscal acceleration and transmission from government capital spending to investment may be sufficient to grow economic growth faster in Q4 2025.

The Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturers (Gaikindo) recorded exports of 518,000 completely built-up (CBU) vehicles in 2025, marking an “all-time high”.  

Despite strong international commitments and ambitious national targets, Indonesia’s energy transition remains a work in progress. The challenge lies not in vision, but in translating ambition into coherent institutional leadership and equitable financing mechanisms as the country gradually shifts away from its fossil fuel–dominated energy mix.

Trump said he was cutting levies on Indian goods to 18 percent. He had previously imposed 25 percent "reciprocal" tariffs on many products, plus an additional 25 percent for New Delhi's purchases of Moscow's oil.

Investors have been avoiding Indonesia and worry Prabowo's spending and cozy governance are slowly undoing hard-won progress made since the Asian Financial Crisis, when the rupiah collapsed and Prabowo's former father-in-law, Soeharto, was forced from office.

Indonesia posted a 68th consecutive monthly trade surplus in December, thanks to rising exports and despite a global shift toward economic and strategic protectionism.

Indonesia in January reported its quickest pace of inflation in nearly three years, its statistics bureau said on Monday, as it also released surprisingly strong export and import growth in December.

Unlicensed gold mining operations are fueled by a financial network of colossal scale, with suspected funds circulating within the business field estimated at Rp 992 trillion (US$59.09 billion), according to the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

The centerpiece of a free meals program covering 83 million children and expectant mothers, the plan calls for imports of a million dairy cows over five years to boost numbers from 220,000 now.

Brightening prospects for global demand have helped factory activity expand across Asia. Taiwan's PMI rose to 51.7 in January from 50.9 in December, while that of Indonesia rose to 52.6 from 51.2.