Bagian Berita Hari Ini adalah bagian yang diperbarui secara teratur dan berisi informasi terkini mengenai topik-topik yang mewarnai pemberitaan di media massa Indonesia pada hari ini. Sebagian besar berita yang diterbitkan di sini meliputi hal politik, ekonomi dan sosial. Namun, seiring dengan penampilan berita terkini, tentu belum meliputi analisis yang mendalam. Silakan lihat kolom Berita, Keuangan atau Bisnis jika Anda ingin membaca topik tertentu dengan analisis yang lebih mendalam.
The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) raised its benchmark interest rate (BI 7-day reverse repo rate) by 25 basis points (bps) after concluding its two-day policy meeting on 18-19 January 2023. Indonesia’s benchmark rate now stands at 5.75 percent. It also raised its deposit facility and lending facility rates by 25 bps to 5.00 percent and 6.50 percent, respectively.
Manufacturing activity continued to expand in the first month of 2023, even slightly accelerating from the preceding month. The S&P Global Indonesia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed a reading of 51.3 points in January 2023, up modestly from 50.9 points in December 2022 (with 50.0 being the threshold that separates contraction from expansion in the manufacturing sector).
Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said he will visit the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2023 for a meeting with the institution’s top officials. In Indonesian media he was quoted saying that he will urge WHO officials to revoke the pandemic status as the COVID-19 virus doesn’t pose a threat anymore in many countries, including Indonesia.
On 5 February 2023, Indonesia Investments released the January 2023 edition of its monthly report. This report discusses and analyses a number of important economic, social and political topics (all related to Indonesia) that were relevant in the month of January 2023.
