Indonesia’s foreign reserves steady in May – c. bank

Indonesia’s official reserve assets remained stable at $152.5 billion at the end of May 2025, unchanged from April, as per a recent report published by the Bank Indonesia (BI) on Tuesday.

The report attributed the sustained reserve level to receipts from taxes, services, and oil and gas, which helped offset external debt payments and BI’s intervention in stabilising the rupiah amid heightened global market volatility.

The current reserves are sufficient to finance 6.4 months of imports or 6.2 months of imports and government external debt servicing—well above the international adequacy standard of three months of imports.

Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English
Subediting: M. S. Salama