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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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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US to Exempt Palm Oil, Cocoa and Rubber from Tariffs, Indonesia says

The United States has agreed to exempt Indonesian exports of palm oil, cocoa and rubber from a 19% tariff imposed earlier this month, Indonesia’s senior economic minister said on Tuesday, August 26.

27 Aug 2025

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Prabowo Forms Mineral Industry Agency to Advance Indonesia’s Rare Earth Development

President Prabowo Subianto has inaugurated Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Mendiktisaintek) Brian Yuliarto as the first Head of the Mineral Industry Agency at the Merdeka Palace

26 Aug 2025

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This Week’s Headlines (Aug. 16 - 22, 2025)

Indonesia's QRIS in China, the government's shadow economy target. and strengthened German-Indonesian partnership are among This Week's Headlines (Issue 175) at Business Indonesia.

International Cooperation

Indonesia’s PSN to launch IDR 7.5 Trillion Nusantara 5 Satellite in September

PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) is targeting the launch of the Nusantara 5 satellite in early September, with an estimated investment of IDR 7 trillion to IDR 7.5 trillion.

Bank Indonesia Cuts Benchmark Rate to 5% Amid Growth Support Measures

Bank Indonesia (BI) announced a surprise cut to its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, lowering the 7-day reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 percent.

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