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Meeting Indonesia’s growth, and deficit, targets
Academia 2 weeks ago

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Meeting Indonesia’s growth, and deficit, targets

In parallel with growth, the government must have a dedicated focus on the revenue side of reducing the deficit, particularly in drawing businesses out of the shadow economy and into the real economy.
A new paradigm for foreign direct investment
Academia 1 month ago

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A new paradigm for foreign direct investment

Does foreign investment genuinely strengthen Indonesia's industrial capabilities, technological base and global competitiveness - or is it simply taking advantage of the country's large domestic market? 
Stability versus growth: Indonesia’s test in H2 2026
Economy 1 month ago

Stability versus growth: Indonesia’s test in H2 2026

The real challenge facing policymakers in the second half of the year is not simply between stability and growth, but whether they can maintain the former toward the latter so as to nurture confidence in Indonesia's economy.
Bali cracks down on foreign-owned small businesses amid concerns over local economy
Archipelago 1 month ago

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Bali cracks down on foreign-owned small businesses amid concerns over local economy

Koster revealed last year that more than 400 car rental and tour businesses in Badung regency, one of Bali’s main tourism hubs, were owned by foreign nationals. Many of these businesses, he said, did not even maintain a physical office on the island.
Investment growth remains subdued
Economy 1 month ago

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Investment growth remains subdued

Since slowing down in the fourth quarter of 2025, investment has been growing at around 7 percent, a pace well below the average seen in previous years.
Indonesia's confidence crisis is bigger than the rupiah
Academia 3 months ago

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Indonesia's confidence crisis is bigger than the rupiah

Once trust begins to weaken simultaneously across multiple sectors, economic stress can accelerate much faster than many policymakers expect.
Indonesia’s market fever needs a credibility cure
Academia 3 months ago

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Indonesia’s market fever needs a credibility cure

Investors need one of two things: better returns to compensate for risk, or lower risk to justify staying. Indonesia is giving them neither.
Waiting is not an option
Editorial 3 months ago

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Waiting is not an option

If investors are pulling funds out of Indonesian assets, or are reluctant to enter the market even though there is money to be made, what does that say about their confidence in the country’s prospects?
Purbaya raises conflict-of-interest concern in Mandalika SEZ dispute
Economy 3 months ago

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Purbaya raises conflict-of-interest concern in Mandalika SEZ dispute

The case centers on PT Perusahaan Air Indonesia Amerika (PAIA), a foreign investment joint venture backed by investors from the United States, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, which alleged it had been unfairly treated by state-owned firm ITDC.
The rupiah’s long decline and Indonesia’s structural imbalances
Academia 3 months ago

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The rupiah’s long decline and Indonesia’s structural imbalances

The rupiah's persistent depreciation is a structural consequence of over-reliance on volatile capital inflows to finance a chronic current account deficit, persistent saving–investment imbalances, lasting fiscal deficit and a narrow, commodity-dependent export base. 

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