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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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Housing Ministry Aims to Utilize Seized Land for 3 Million Homes Program

Housing and Settlement Minister Maruarar Sirait has identified 1,000 hectares of land in Banten, seized by the Attorney General’s Office, as a potential asset for next year’s target of building three

Prabowo’s Economic Plans

On Sunday, October 20, 2024, Indonesia officially sworn in its eighth President, retired general Prabowo Subianto.

This Week’s Headlines (Oct. 19 - 25, 2024)

Business-Indonesia's This Week's Headlines Issue #135

Prabowo Aims for Hundreds of Trillions in Additional State Revenue from Tax Evaders

Gerindra Party Deputy Chairman Hashim Djojohadikusumo has stated that the government is expected to gain nearly Rp 500 trillion (roughly US$32 billion) in additional revenue next year. This windfall i

24 Oct 2024

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New Trade Minister Vows to Conclude IEU-CEPA in 100 Days

Indonesia’s newly appointed Trade Minister, Budi Santoso, has set an ambitious goal to finalize the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) within his first 10

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