Indonesia's budget deficit reaches 1.47% of GDP over nine months
Indonesia's budget deficit for the first nine months of 2026 reached 379.3 trillion rupiah, Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said, according to Reuters.
- published on Newsmetry
- original source published
the same feed is available to bots and dashboards through the api. connect the api →
what happened
Indonesia's budget deficit for the first nine months of 2026 came to 379.3 trillion rupiah, or $20.81 billion. Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara announced the figure on Friday. He said the deficit equals 1.47% of gross domestic product.
The information was reported by Reuters. At the exchange rate cited in the report, one US dollar equals 18,225 rupiah.
why it matters
For investors in rupiah-denominated bonds and the currency, these figures serve as a gauge of the government's fiscal position. A deficit near 1.5% of GDP is generally seen by markets as a moderate burden on public finances, so the trend in revenue and spending feeds into assessments of the country's sovereign risk.
tags
instruments
sources
- Indonesia budget deficit at 1.5% of GDP in January to October, minister says — Reuters, 13 November 2026 at 02:37 UTC
prepared by the newsmetry newsroom with ai assistance from the sources listed below. not investment advice.
alerts on your topics, the morning digest and the api — in your account.
get stories in real time ↗