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Bank Indonesia (BI) has revised the projection for the country's economic growth this year to between 4.5 percent and 5.3 percent.

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has projected that the country’s economy will grow 4.5 percent to 5.2 percent in the first quarter of 2022 amid uncertainty about the global economy due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have agreed to renew their Bilateral Local Currency Swap Arrangement (BCSA).

Bank Indonesia (BI) is running a pilot project for a cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkage with the central banks of Malaysia and Thailand - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank of Thailand (BOT), in a bid to propel digitalisation and make transactions between the said countries more efficient.

Bank Indonesia (BI) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) have launched a cross-border QR payment linkage, which will enable instant, secure and efficient cross-border payments between Indonesia and Malaysia.

The World Bank (WB) forecast Indonesia’s economic growth will rebound to 5.2 percent in 2022.

Bank Indonesia (BI) said it expects Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to increase by between 4.7 and 5.5 percent in 2022, higher than the previous forecast of 3,2-4 percent.

Indonesia reported the third quarter’s external debt at 423.1 billion USD, up 3.7 percent year on year.

Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Perry Warjiyo has forecast that the country’s value of e-commerce will grow by up to 48.4 percent this year.

The Bank Indonesia (BI) has predicted that the consumption of global Muslim fashion will rise to 311 billion USD in 2024 from 277 billion USD in 2019.

Indonesia’s central bank will purchase government bonds worth up to 439 trillion rupiah (30.46 billion USD) in 2021 and 2022 under a new agreement with the country's Ministry of Finance, according to Reuter, citing CNBC Indonesia's report on August 23.

Bank Indonesia (BI) has cut its 2021 economic growth forecast range for the Southeast Asian country to between 3.5-4.3 percent from 4.1-5.1 percent previously.

Indonesia's central bank has slashed its forecast for 2021 economic growth to 3.8 percent from a previous forecast of 4.6 percent, based on early assessments of the impact of recent social restrictions.

The Governor of Bank Indonesia, Perry Warjiyo, and Managing Director of Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB), Rokiah Badar, have agreed to cooperate in combating money laundering and prevent the financing of terrorist activities in the payment system.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of 400 million USD to support reforms that will help the Government of Indonesia increase the depth, improve the efficiency, and strengthen the resilience of the financial sector.

Indonesia's inflation rate in December 2020 was clocked at 0.45 percent and 1.68 percent all through 2020, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

The World Bank and Indonesia’ environment and forestry ministry have signed a landmark agreement on Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) worth 110 million USD.

Bank Indonesia (BI) sees bank lending to expand by 7 - 9 percent next year on the back of low-interest rates and recovery in the economy, according to its Governor Perry Warjiyo.

The World Bank has offered 5.5 trillion rupiahs (400 million USD) to help Indonesia rehabilitate its mangrove forests in the next four years.

Indonesia's foreign debt, which includes government and private sector borrowings, in the third quarter of this year was recorded at 408.5 billion USD, a drop by 3.8 percent year-on-year, compared to 5.1 percent in the previous quarter, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on November 16.