Dipo Satria Ramli

THE WRITER IS A RESEARCHER AT THE CENTER OF REFORM ON ECONOMICS (CORE) INDONESIA AND A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA. A FORMER INVESTMENT BANK DIRECTOR, HE SPECIALISES IN MACROECONOMICS, FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY

For Indonesia to remain a stable anchor for the region, it must pivot from consumption-driven stimulus to urgent structural reforms, says the writer.

Indonesia’s 5.6% growth is a fiscal ‘sugar rush’, not a structural boom

How can an economy grow so fast while its currency hits record lows?