The micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of Indonesia are an interesting phenomenon. Why? Well, let’s take a look at three remarkable statistics: Indonesian MSMEs contribute slightly over 61 ...

One characteristic of the Indonesian economy is that the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in this USD $1.0 trillion economy. They not only play an important role because some of ...

Last month we started our inflation update stating that “the global threat of inflation has not reached Indonesia yet”. One month later, it now seems that a high inflation cycle has arrived in ...

In last month’s report we saw that Indonesia’s official economic growth rate was (in line with expectations) quite strong at 5.11 percent year-on-year (y/y) in Q1-2024. Moreover, last month we also ...

The textile and textile products industry (which includes garments or clothes) is a very important one for the Indonesian economy because this industry ranks among the country’s biggest foreign ...

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 ...

Welcome to AJ Marketing's latest insight on the vibrant Indonesia market! Indonesia is an emerging economic powerhouse with a rapidly growing middle class, widespread digital adoption, and a ...

It is time to turn our attention to tax, again, as we detected a number of interesting developments in Indonesia (related to tax) over the past couple of months. First of all, something that is quite ...

Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia confirmed in Indonesian media that, per 1 January 2025, the mandatory B40 biodiesel program was imposed across Indonesia. Earlier, ...

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) ...

Chinese car manufacturers seem not afraid to compete with their Japanese counterparts on Indonesian soil. After Wuling Motors arrived in Indonesia in mid-2017, now another Chinese car-maker, Sokonindo ...

Moody's Investors Service, a global bond credit rating agency, assigned a definitive rating of Baa3 (stable outlook) to Indonesian government notes maturing in 2025 and 2045 (these notes are issued ...