Growth in housing prices in Indonesia is expected to slow in 2014 as stricter mortgage rules take effect, although some segments are still predicted to perform strongly.
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A move by Indonesia to limit its raw minerals exports could hasten the development of a local processing industry, but the strategy has downside risks as buyers look to alternative sources.
Economic update | Mixed outlook for Indonesian retail
22 Jan 2014
Expectations that rising incomes among Indonesia's burgeoning middle class will generate a retail boom were boosted by rosy end-of-year sales results. However, the upward trend is threatened by both global and domestic trends.
Economic update | Indonesia Year in Review 2013
16 Jan 2014
The economy in Indonesia rounded out 2013 by posting relatively solid growth, despite a decline in global commodity prices and an increase in energy imports. The coming year’s performance is expected to be in high single digits, but risks include a tightening of external financing conditions and a softening of private consumption.
Slower growth in Indonesia may provide an impetus to realise a range of reforms that the government is planning, changes that could open several important and attractive sectors to greater foreign investment.
Although external commodity price shocks and the declining value of the rupiah are the macro-economic trends dominating headlines about the Indonesian economy, some foreign investors still view labour policy and rising wages as greater challenges.