News & Insights

News from Naiman Global, our work with clients and our outlook on business, policy and regulation in Indonesia, for people making decisions there.

  1. Article

    The economy grows. Who does the new credit go to?

    Two releases on the same day, read side by side, show where Indonesia's growth comes from and why its credit has not reached smaller companies yet.

    Katadata

  2. Article

    MSCI and the factory that was never built

    MSCI's review narrows the stock market exit for mid-sized companies, even those never listed. Two steps can widen the other routes now.

    Katadata

  3. Article

    Defending the rupiah with stablecoins

    Dollar limits guard the bank channel while dollarisation moves to stablecoins that no statistic counts. The answer is licensed rupiah issuers, not a ban.

    Katadata

  4. Article

    Investment grade is not automatically investable

    In one July week Indonesia kept its investment grade rating and was put on watch for frontier status. Only reform that others can check answers the second.

    Katadata

  5. Article

    Where did the growth go?

    Indonesia grows about 5 percent a year, yet real wages fell from 2018 to 2024. The chain from investment to wages breaks at several points at once.

    Harian Disway

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