INDONESIA D AILY ECONOMIC UPDAT E Monday, 16 September 2019 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS • Indonesia posted a USD 85.1 million trade surplus in August as growth in exports outpaced growth in imports. • The Government will hike the tobacco excise by 23 percent effective from January 2020. • Indonesia’s external debt grew 10.3 percent yoy to USD 395.3 billion at the end of July 2019. • Trade negotiations for the Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK-CEPA) are expected to begin in October 2019. DAILY INDONESIAN FINANCIAL INDICATORS Change Change or total Date of since Unit Latest latest last In last In last Year-to- value value trading week* month* date day Stock market Jakarta Composite Index 6,219 16 Sep -1.8% -1.7% -1.1% 0.4% Net purchases by -0.56 16 Sep IDR, tn -- -1.2 -6.5 55.7 foreign investors Exchange rate: IDR/USD Bank Indonesia 14,020 16 Sep 0.5% -0.5% -1.7% -3.2% Bloomberg 14,042 16 Sep 0.5% 0.1% -1.4% -2.4% Government bonds Yield: 1 year IDR bond 6.1% 16 Sep bps -3.1 -2 -15 -68 Yield: 5-year IDR bond 6.8% 16 Sep bps 4.5 -5 -13 -117 Yield: 10-year IDR bond 7.4% 16 Sep bps 1.9 -9 -15 -74 Foreign holdings of IDR bonds 1,022 15 Sep IDR, tn -- 12 17 129 Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 156 15 Sep bps 0.0 -24 -35 -80 Asia USD bonds strip spread 165 15 Sep bps 0.0 -19 -27 -53 Indonesia sovereign CDS: 5yr, mid- 75 15 Sep bps 0.0 -3 -22 -62 price Corporate bonds Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 267 15 Sep bps 0.0 -37 -61 -145 Interest rates IndONIA 5.3% 15 Sep bps 0.0 1.2 -33.4 -58.7 IndONIA spread relative -18.5 15 Sep bps 0.0 1.2 -8.4 -8.7 to policy rate International reserves 126.4 30 Aug USD, bn -- -- 2.6 5.7 * One week and month prior to latest observation SOURCES Data are taken from the following: the latest Jakarta Stock Exchange and Indonesian government IDR bond yield data are taken from the Indonesian Stock Exchange (www.idx.co.id). BI IndONIA and IDR mid exchange rates from Bank Indonesia (www.bi.go.id), after 5 pm each day. BI reports international reserves data directly. The Directorate General of Debt Management at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance provides data on the foreign holdings of IDR government bonds (www.djppr.kemenkeu.go.id). The CDS premium on 5- year Indonesian government USD bonds and Indonesian corporate bond spreads are sourced from JPMorgan.