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On 4 February 2026, Indonesia Investments released the January 2026 edition of its monthly report. In this report we present analyses of a selection of economic, political and social matters that were relevant in the month of January 2026.
On Monday (August 4, 2025) Indonesia Investments released the July 2025 edition of its monthly report. The latest edition is titled "An Evolving Trade Landscape". This title obviously refers to the trade agreements between Indonesia, the United States (US) and the European Union (EU).
In the present, it has become particularly interesting to take a look at trade flows as the US import tariffs (announced by President Donald Trump on 2 April 2025) could cause the restructuring, or reshaping, of international trade.
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.
The ceramics industry is an important one for the Indonesian economy, and is one that has significant potential as per capita ceramic consumption is still low in Indonesia. Due to widespread (near) poverty in society, there is ample room for future growth of ceramic tiles (for walls and floors), porcelain, stoneware, bricks and more.
On Tuesday (08 April 2025) the stock market reopened in Indonesia after the long Idul Fitri holiday. And so, it was the first time investors could respond to global turmoil that occured after US President Donald Trump announced steep import tariffs for goods shipped into the United States (feared to trigger a global trade war and global economic recession).
Markets in Indonesia were closed for the national Idul Fitri holiday (the festivities that mark the end of the Ramadan month) between 28 March and 7 April 2025, meaning they haven't digested the controversial tariffs that were announced by US President Donald Trump on 2 April 2025.
On Tuesday (18 March 2025), the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) decided to temporarily suspend trading as the benchmark Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) plunged 5 percent. Such trading halts target at stabilizing Indonesia's capital markets (as the rupiah was also dragged down by the capital outflows).
On Wednesday 05 March 2025, Indonesia Investments released the February 2025 edition of its monthly report. The report discusses a range of national and international topics that impacted on Indonesia in the month of February 2025.
On Tuesday 4 February 2025, Indonesia Investments released the January 2025 edition of its monthly report. This report discusses key political, economic and social developments that unfolded in Indonesia in the month of January 2025.
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Gold had massive momentum in the first four weeks of January 2026. Amid the high degree of global uncertainties (which are mostly triggered by US President Donald Trump’s controversial and unpredictable policies), gold (known by the world as the ultimate safe-haven asset) continuously hit record highs prior to 28 January 2026.
Since his return into the White House, US President Donald Trump has made a series of decisions and expressed a number of threats that have the potential for disrupting Indonesia’s trade performance, and thus undermining Indonesia’s economic growth.
The economic growth rate of Indonesia in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1-2025) came in slightly below our projection of 4.9 – 5.0 percent year-on-year (y/y). But, indeed, we had already detected a (general) weakening in internal and external conditions, which was reflected in the macroeconomic data of Indonesia that we discussed in our April 2025 report. And so, it was certainly not a shock.
There is a major difference between US President Donald Trump’s first term in office (in 2017-2021) and his second term in office (that started in January 2025). And, it is a difference that is felt (quite heavily) across the globe.
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.
This month, our report is completed at a time when Indonesian society is celebrating Idul Fitri, the festivities that mark the end of the holy Ramadan month (the fasting month for Muslims). In fact, the holiday period started on 21 March 2025 for school-children, while society as a whole has an official national holiday from 28 March to 7 April 2025.
The reason why we frequently discuss Indonesia’s financial markets (especially the stock and money markets) in our monthly reports is because these markets reflect the degree of confidence there exists among domestic and foreign investors (which involves individuals as well as the big corporations) in global political and economic conditions and in the economic and fiscal fundamentals of Indonesia.
When Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto made his first speech as president on 20 October 2024, he stated that Indonesia seeks a “free and active non-aligned path. We don’t want to join any military pacts, [instead] we choose a friendly path with all countries.”
In terms of politics, the most interesting developments in June 2024 probably came from abroad. Firstly, on 28 June 2024, US President Joe Biden (aged 81) and former President Donald Trump (aged 78) squared off for the first presidential debate of the US election season. It’s worth taking a quick look at this debate as it will influence who will become leader of the world’s biggest political and economic force.
An alarming report was released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 1 October 2019. In the report the WTO notes that ongoing global trade tensions, led by tariff troubles between the United States and China, are doing harm to global economic growth in ways not seen since the financial crisis one decade ago.
