Indonesia Sees Positive Economic Signals as Government Funds Boost Lending

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Minister of Finance Purbaya yudhi Sadewa is starting to see positive signals that the Indonesian economy will grow faster in the near future. He assessed that the government’s steps to place idle funds in Bank Indonesia (BI) in five state-owned banks are starting to show results.

Since September 12, 2025, the government has placed IDR 200 trillion in funds in five state-owned banks. Bank Mandiri, BRI, and BNI each received an allocation of IDR 55 trillion, BTN IDR 25 trillion, and Bank syariah Indonesia (BSI) IDR 10 trillion.

Purbaya said that the first effect could be seen from the increasingly rapid growth of credit in banking. One thing he has witnessed is an increase in Bank Mandiri credit which has reached 11% from previously only around 8%.

“So there was a pick-up at the top, it has gone up. That’s good,” said Purbaya at his office,Jakarta,quoted on Sunday (10/12/2025).

The second effect that has been felt by the indonesian economy, he said, can be seen from the vrey rapid increase in the circulation of base money or M0. He said base money growth had reached 13% from before, even stagnating at around 0%.

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