INDONESIA D AILY ECONOMIC UPDAT E Wednesday, 20 February 2019 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS  The Ministry of Finance is in the process of completing a regulation that will provide the legal basis for offering fiscal incentives to business that establish education as well as research and development (R&D) centers.  The government is to relax the value added tax (VAT) refund requirements for foreign tourists in an effort to attract 20 million tourist arrivals in 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 6,513 20 Feb 0.28% 1.5% 1.0% 5.1% Net purchases by 0.45 20 Feb IDR, tn -- -2.9 0.2 9.9 foreign investors Exchange rate: IDR/USD Bank Indonesia 14,055 20 Feb -0.5% 0.2% -1.1% -2.9% Bloomberg 14,044 20 Feb -0.4% -0.1% -1.3% -2.4% Government bonds Yield: 1 year IDR bond 6.7% 20 Feb bps -3.0 -1 -16 -13 Yield: 5-year IDR bond 7.8% 20 Feb bps -4.8 0 -22 -23 Yield: 10-year IDR bond 8.1% 20 Feb bps -6.5 3 -22 -3 Foreign holdings of IDR bonds 926 19 Feb IDR, tn -- -1 22 33 Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 198 19 Feb bps -2.3 -1 -4 -38 Asia USD bonds strip spread 186 19 Feb bps -1.2 0 -5 -31 Indonesia sovereign CDS: 5yr, mid- 112 19 Feb bps -2.0 -4 -13 -26 price Corporate bonds Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 302 19 Feb bps -6.7 -12 -59 -111 Interest rates IndONIA 6.0% 19 Feb bps 5 -2.9 6.1 7.1 IndONIA spread relative -2.7 19 Feb bps 5 -2.9 6.1 7.1 to policy rate International reserves 120.1 31 Jan USD, bn -- -- -0.6 -10.1 * 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.