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This Week’s Headlines (Dec 13. – 19, 2025)

World Bank lifts Indonesia’s growth outlook, VinFast opens Subang EV plant as production hub, and Indonesia ships frozen durian to China in This Week’s Headlines.

19 Dec 2025

Automotive

Economy

Export & Import

Indonesia’s Economic Outlook 2026: Resilient, but Acceleration Elusive

Indonesia enters 2026 with an outlook defined more by stability than momentum. Economic growth is expected to remain around five percent, supported by domestic demand, policy continuity

18 Dec 2025

Economy

Insights

Global Risks Remain Elevated, BI Holds Interest Rate at 4.75%

Bank Indonesia (BI) has once again decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.75% at the Board of Governors’ Meeting held on December 16–17, 2025. The deposit facility rate was also

18 Dec 2025

Business News

Economy

Indonesia Introduces New Minimum Wage Formula, To Increase by 5%–7% in 2026

Indonesia’s minimum wage is set to increase by around 5% to 7% in 2026 following the signing of a new government regulation by President Prabowo Subianto, which revises the formula used to calculate

17 Dec 2025

Business News

Economy

Govt: Coal Export Tax to Take Effect Starting January 2026

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the government will impose an export duty or coal export tax ranging from 1% to 5% starting January 1, 2026.

16 Dec 2025

Commodities

Energy

Export & Import

This Week’s Headlines (Dec 6. – Dec. 12, 2025)

Retail sales & consumer confidence rise ahead of year-end holidays, Indonesia targets completion of U.S. tariff talks, & Danantara explores investment cooperation with Jordan in This Week’s Headlines.

12 Dec 2025

Economy

International Cooperation

This Week's Headlines

Indonesia–Russia Trade Rises 17%, Cooperation in Nuclear Energy on the Table

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that bilateral economic and trade relations between Indonesia and Russia grew by 17% during the first nine months of 2025.

11 Dec 2025

Business News

Economy

Energy

Indonesia – U.S. Trade Deal Faces Uncertainty

A trade agreement reached between the United States and Indonesia in July faces uncertainty after a U.S. official said Jakarta had stepped back from several commitments made during negotiations.

10 Dec 2025

Bilateral Trade

Business News

International Cooperation

Govt., Parliament Approve Disbursement of 2025 State Capital Injection of IDR 14.41 Tn

Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and the House of Representatives (DPR) have approved the disbursement of the 2025 State Capital Injection (PMN), with a total value of IDR 14.41 trillion.

09 Dec 2025

Business News

Economy

Infrastructure

This Week’s Headlines (Nov. 29 – Dec. 5, 2025)

Indonesia probes firms linked to Sumatra floods, trade surplus holds despite export slowdown, and IEU-CEPA opens path for possible QRIS expansion to the EU in This Week’s Headlines.

05 Dec 2025

Environment

Export & Import

International Cooperation

News