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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Indonesia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Indonesia best banks and safest banks are also available.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Changing Face Of FDI

After years of lackluster growth, foreign direct investment is growing. As recent history has consistently demonstrated, there is nothing...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Indonesia: New President’s Past Raises Questions

Prabowo Subianto, a former army general with a controversial past and minister of defence in the current administration, has been...

News

Indonesia: International Aid Helps In Carbon Reduction

Indonesia’s power sector emissions will peak by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050, about a decade ahead of schedule.

News

New SWF Reflects Jakarta’s Infrastructure Ambitions

Experts are questioning the structure and true purpose of Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.

Features

Bulgaria, Morocco, Peru, Vietnam, Indonesia Best Positioned For Global Headwinds Says Study

Bulgaria, Indonesia, Vietnam, Peru and Morocco are better positioned to weather global headwinds, a report finds. Antonella Ciancio As US-China trade tensions, tightening financial conditions and increasing political uncertainty cast shadows on global economic growth in 2019, five emerging countries ...

Banking

Is Bitcoin Halal Or Haram?

Islamic scholar in Indonesia says Bitcoin is compatible with Islamic law.

Data

Southeast Asia: Export Boom Continues

Southeast Asian nations are benefiting from the return of global growth, with more room to grow capacity and exports—even as wages trend upward.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Indonesian Corporate Debt Catches A Strong, Tropical Wind

As the equatorial nation's sovereign debt gains international favor, local corporate bonds find a broader and deeper-pocketed array of investors.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Conference Board Sees Good Momentum

Bart van Ark, chief economist at The Conference Board, visited Global Finance to discuss the state of the global economy and the outlook for 2018 and beyond.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Once Bitten, Twice Finance Minister

<strong>Indonesia |</strong>Can themuch-admired former Finance Minister of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati,bring back the magic in her second tour in the post?

Country Report

Indonesia Giving Mixed Messages

President Jokowi is a radical departure from Indonesia’s political and military elite, which perhaps explains why he is such a populist leader at home. But foreign investors find him difficult to read.