Indonesiens Importanstieg lässt seine Handelsbilanz in ein Defizit kippen und setzt die Rupie sowie den Schuldendienst im Ausland unter Druck.

Indonesia's Q2 growth held at 5,29 % year-on-year, but the composition shifted: government consumption offset a mining contraction while imports jumped by over a third in June, swinging the trade balance into a deficit of roughly half a billion dollars. The import surge, far outpacing export growth of less than a tenth, is the day's central tension—it pressures the rupiah and complicates external debt servicing even as domestic demand stays resilient. Inflation at 2,88 % in July remains benign, but the trade deterioration is the new fault line for the external accounts.