5 June 2026 (closed)
Jakarta Composite Index (5,594.77) -245.02 -4.20%
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Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa announced on Friday (5 June 2026) that Indonesia's government budget deficit reached IDR 180.4 trillion (approx. USD $10 billion) in the first five months of 2026. This is equivalent to 0.70 percent of Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP).
Indonesia's governance has been rocked by back-to-back high-profile corruption scandals after both the Vice Minister of Immigration and Correction and the leadership of the National Nutrition Agency (Badan Gizi Nasional, or BGN) were named suspects in separate criminal investigations.
Although losses were somewhat pared later on during the trading day, the Indonesian rupiah and benchmark stock index (Jakarta Composite Index) were still under plenty of pressure on Thursday (04 June 2026). The rupiah in fact passed beyond the psychological boundary of IDR 18,000 per US dollar, extending its record-low streak.
Bank Indonesia decided to raise its benchmark interest rate (BI Rate) from 4.75 percent to 5.25 percent in an effort to support the fragile rupiah rate that had hit a record low against the US dollar one day earlier (trading at around IDR 17,700 per US dollar). This is an aggressive move but one that does indeed support the Indonesian currency.
