As expected, Bank Indonesia cut the benchmark interest rate at its monetary policy meeting on 17-18 September 2024. The BI ...

Something very unusual is happening in Indonesia (something we normally only see during crises). The latest consumer price ...

How is the middle class important for the national economy? First, the middle class is a crucial contributor to household ...

However, matters clearly changed starting from the last week of September 2024. After reaching IDR 15,095 per US dollar on 25 September 2024, the rupiah slid quite heavily beyond IDR 15,400 per US ...

And although the external environment remains uncertain with geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East and Eastern Europe as well as a tense political election in the United States and shaky Chinese ...

A couple of months ago, we presented a detailed overview of Indonesia’s (upstream) coffee sector. This time our attention goes to tea, which -too- ranks among one of the world's most consumed ...

On Friday 4 October 2024 Indonesia Investments released the September 2024 edition of its monthly report. The report discusses a range of economic, political and social topics to assess the state of ...

Timing is critical for investments, as the right investment can alter the fate of the financial position. The largest workforce today known as the Millennials has access to simple ways of accumulating ...

Last month it was remarkable that Indonesia experienced three straight months of inflation (this rarely happens unless a crisis occurs). Considering August is typically a month without inflationary ...

Palm oil ranks among the most important agricultural commodities of Indonesia as this country is the world’s biggest producer of palm oil. This implies that Indonesia generates important foreign ...

For Indonesia August is typically a month in which politics are on the foreground as the country commemorates its Independence Day on each 17 th of August. This is an important day in Indonesian ...