Country: ID | Published: 2026-09-21
Jakarta's tape leaned softer, with the IDX Composite closing lower as a single heavyweight bank stock did much of the damage, a reminder of how concentrated the index can be. The r
Jakarta's tape leaned softer, with the IDX Composite closing lower as a single heavyweight bank stock did much of the damage, a reminder of how concentrated the index can be. The rupiah's recent advance looks fragile, with fiscal spending and interest rate pressures still lingering in the background, and economists flagging that heavier outlays could widen the deficit later in the year. Food prices, from chili to rice, keep climbing, adding an inflationary wrinkle to an already cautious mood.