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11 May 2025 (closed)
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The Business Columns section of Indonesia Investments provides in-depth columns that exhibit an analysis regarding subjects that are both important for understanding the Indonesian business climate and have high news value in the current state of Indonesia's economy. As a whole these columns should provide the reader a thorough and detailed picture of multiple Indonesian business sectors and be a source of ideas or inspiration to invest - or not to invest - in specific sectors of the Indonesian economy.
In recent months, we have been reading quite some reports (in Indonesian media) about layoffs occurring in various domestic industries, which is a development that seems to be in line with the slowing economic growth trajectory of Indonesia.
Let’s simply put it this way to start: we spend a currency to purchase things in daily life, whereas when it comes to commodities, we treat them as valuable goods, sometimes even as investment assets. But when it comes to cryptocurrencies, things get very interesting, because although they are currencies in nature, they may have a different perception.
Those who follow our reports might be aware that we’ve been unable to obtain data regarding the foreign visitor arrivals into Indonesia since the start of 2025. The main problem seems to be that the publication of foreign tourism-related data has moved from Indonesia’s Statistical Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik, or BPS) to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. But, unfortunately, this ministry hasn’t released any data (related to foreign visitors in 2025) on its website (yet).
US President Donald Trump's recent tariffs have affected markets beyond the Americas. The ripple effects of the US tariffs have brought fresh trading opportunities and new challenges to mixed economies like Indonesia and the Southeast Asian market. As Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia is at the forefront of foreign policies that impact international trade.
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