KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Indonesia grew 5.29% year-on-year in Q2, beating the 5.10% consensus but easing from 5.61% in Q1 (+3.73% quarter-on-quarter; first-half 5.45%). The headline is resilient and above consensus.
- The growth is fiscally driven and the impulse has already peaked. Government consumption led every lens (+15.97% YoY, +18.62% in H1), but its contribution to growth slipped from 1.26pp in Q1 to 1.07pp in Q2. The year-on-year strength is base-flattered · the MBG free-meal programme was tiny in 1H25.
- The hand-off to private demand is not happening yet: household consumption (53% of GDP) softened to +5.06% from +5.52%, while investment (+6.87%) helped but is import-heavy, so net trade was a drag.
- MBG’s 2027 budget is projected 35% lower, at IDR174tn from IDR268tn, and with a normalizing base the fiscal contribution could turn neutral-to-negative. Our illustrative scenarios put FY2027 growth at roughly 4.3-5.4%, base case below 5%, hinging on whether households and investment accelerate (Please refer to page 2 of the report). Key watch: a private-demand hand-off in H2 against an APBN revenue run-rate that limits sustaining the spending surge.
Regards, Aldiracita Research