16 September 2025 (closed)
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The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) surprised markets by cutting its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent at the September 2025 monetary policy meeting. It was the sixth rate cut in a monetary easing cycle that started in September 2024.
On 3 September 2025 Indonesia Investments released the August 2025 edition of its monthly report. The report discusses key political, economic and social developments that occurred in Indonesia in the month of August 2025.
In July 2025 we saw some more marked inflationary pressures in Indonesia. Based on the latest data released by Statistics Indonesia (or BPS), Indonesian inflation was recorded at 0.30 percent month-on-month (m/m) in July 2025. Key factors were (as usual) food prices and (a bit unusual) education that pushed inflation higher.
On Thursday 03 July 2025 Indonesia Investments released its June 2025 report, titled 'Indonesia’s Energy-Poverty Nexus – Energy Disruptions Perpetuate Poverty'. The report discusses a selection of economic, political and social subjects that were relevant in the month of June 2025.
In May 2025 Indonesia experienced steeper deflation that we had expected. Based on the latest data from Indonesia’s Statistical Office (Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS), the deflation rate was recorded at -0.37 percent month-on-month (m/m).
On Thursday 05 June 2025, Indonesia Investments released the May 2025 edition of its monthly report. This report discusses a selection of economic, social and political topics that were relevant in Indonesia in the month of May 2025.
In April 2025 Indonesia experienced another month of steep inflation as the effects of the central government’s generous 50 percent electricity rate discount program in January-February 2025 was absorbed in the statistics.
On Sunday (04 May 2025) Indonesia Investments released the April 2025 edition of its monthly report. The report zooms in on a selection of developments that were relevant in the month of April 2025.
As expected, Indonesian consumer prices rebounded in March 2025 after Southeast Asia’s largest economy had experienced two straight months of significant deflation in January and February 2025 (see table 1).
Indonesia started 2025 with two straights months of deflation. And, again, this was not a real surprise as the 50 percent electricity rate discount for households up to 2,200 VA still applied in February 2025.
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Before turning our attention to the economy of Indonesia, it is important to take a closer look at the global economy first. Fortunately, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) just released a new update (called the OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report September 2022) and so it’s certainly worthwhile to take a look at its conclusions.
In the second half of September 2022 the Indonesian rupiah experienced some steep depreciating pressures, nearly touching IDR 15,300 per US dollar. It prompted Bank Indonesia to step and intervene in markets to limit the currency’s decline; a step that typically leads to a drop in the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
Indonesia’s central bank (Bank Indonesia) – finally – decided to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent after concluding its two-day policy meeting on 23 August 2022, thereby joining the global wave of rate hikes as central banks need to combat accelerated inflation, while –especially in emerging markets – higher rates also function to prevent too much capital outflows as US assets become more attractive amid aggressive US Federal Reserve tightening.
What came as a surprise to us is that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) decided to raise its projection for Indonesia’s economic growth in full 2022 from 5.0 percent year-on-year (y/y) to 5.2 percent (y/y) in July 2022. This decision was substantiated in its Asian Development Outlook 2022 Supplement entitled Recovery Faces Diverse Challenges.
We were surprised to learn that Indonesia’s central bank (Bank Indonesia) decided to leave its interest rates unchanged at the two-day monetary policy meeting on 23-24 May 2022. The benchmark BI 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate was kept at 3.50 percent, while the deposit facility and lending facility rates were maintained at 2.75 percent and 4.25 percent, respectively. We had expected Bank Indonesia to raise its key rate by 0.25 percent to 3.75 percent at this occasion.
With the Ramadan month just having started, it is important to take a look at food prices in Indonesia. The Ramadan-Idul Fitri period is typically a period when prices rise amid a significant increase in demand.
It came as a big surprise to us when the central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) announced on 19 November 2020 (the day it concluded its two-day monetary policy meeting) that it decided to cut its benchmark interest rate (the seven-day reverse repo rate) by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent. Bank Indonesia also cut its deposit facility and lending facility rates by 25 basis points to 3.00 percent and 4.50 percent, respectively.
The central bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) decided to cut its benchmark interest rate ("BI seven-day reverse repo rate") by 25 basis points (bps) to 4.75 percent at the two-day policy meeting on 19 and 20 February 2020.
On Monday 1 July 2019 Statistics Indonesia (BPS) released Indonesia’s latest inflation data. The data show that headline inflation in Southeast Asia’s largest economy eased to a level of 0.55 percent month-on-month (m/m) in June 2019, down from 0.68 percent (m/m) in May 2019 when price pressures peaked due to Ramadan and Lebaran celebrations. This period always gives rise to a significant boost in consumption, hence prices of foodstuffs peak. Meanwhile, people also tend to buy new clothes, bags and shoes because they want to look good at these celebrations.
There is concern that the Indonesian government's plan to curb price increases of (non-subsidized) fuels in Indonesia will impact negatively on private investors' enthusiasm to invest in Indonesia's oil and gas industry. Earlier this week Arcandra Tahar, Deputy Minister at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, informed that the government wants to regulate prices of fuels in order to keep inflation in check.
