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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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Imports Plummet, Trade Balance Surplus Rises to USD 4.4 Bn in November

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a trade balance surplus of USD 4.42 billion in November 2024. This surplus is higher compared to the previous month’s USD 2.48 billion and the same period

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This Week’s Headlines (Dec. 7 - 13, 2024)

Business-Indonesia's This Week's Headlines Issue #142

Indonesia to Build a USD 1.2 Bn Methanol Plant in Bojonegoro

Indonesia is planning to construct a methanol plant in Bojonegoro, East Java. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, announced that the investment value of the plant is estima

12 Dec 2024

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Energy

XL Axiata and Smartfren to Merge, Forming USD 6.5 Bn Telecom Giant

Indonesian telecommunications companies XL Axiata (EXCL) and Smartfren Telecom, along with its subsidiary Smart Telcom, have announced a strategic merger to create XLSmart.

OECD Predicts Middling Economic Growth Under Prabowo Administration: 5.2% in 2025

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts that Indonesia's economy will grow by only 5.2% in the first year of President Prabowo Subianto's administration, 2025. This

10 Dec 2024

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