INDONESIA D AILY ECONOMIC UPDATE Tuesday, January 30, 2018 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS  The government plans to introduce a new electricity price formula, which will take into account the coal reference price (HBA), by March at the latest in an effort to ease the financial burden on state electricity firm PLN  Despite Bank Indonesia (BI) prohibiting the use of digital currencies like Bitcoin as a payment instrument, the central bank is considering issuing a cryptocurrency or digital rupiah.  State construction firm PT Wijaya Karya (Wika) listed its global rupiah-denominated “Komodo” bonds on the London Stock Exchange on Monday. It aims to collect Rp 5.4 trillion (US$405 million) from the debt papers, which will be used for investments and funding infrastructure projects.  The government is preparing a new policy package specifically for the export and import business sectors.  Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) says cigarettes gives significant contribution for poverty, both in cities and rural areas. DAILY INDONESIAN FINANCIAL INDICATORS Change Change or total Date of since Unit Latest latest last In last In last Year-to- value value trading week* month* date day Stock market Jakarta Composite Index 6,575 30 Jan -1.6% -0.9% 3.5% 3.5% Net purchases by -1.19 30 Jan IDR, tn -- -0.6 3.1 3.1 foreign investors Exchange rate: IDR/USD Bank Indonesia 13,465 30 Jan 1.0% 1.1% -0.6% -0.6% Bloomberg 13,434 30 Jan 0.5% 0.8% -0.9% -0.9% Government bonds Yield: 1 year IDR bond 5.0% 30 Jan bps 5.0 3 -7 -7 Yield: 5-year IDR bond 5.9% 30 Jan bps 7.0 13 -67 -67 Yield: 10-year IDR bond 6.5% 30 Jan bps 0.7 12 47 47 Foreign holdings of IDR bonds 874 29 Jan IDR, tn -- -4 38 38 Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 151 29 Jan bps 1.0 -1 -15 -15 Asia USD bonds strip spread 144 29 Jan bps 1.8 2 -11 -11 Indonesia sovereign CDS: 5yr, mid- 80 29 Jan bps 0.0 -1 -8 -8 price Corporate bonds Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 201 29 Jan bps 2 3 -20 -20 Interest rates JIBOR overnight 3.9% 30 Jan bps -0.4 -2.1 0.7 0.7 JIBOR spread relative -34.3 30 Jan bps -0.4 -2.1 0.7 0.7 to policy rate International reserves 130.2 29 Dec USD, bn -- -- 3.6 24.3 * One week and month prior to latest observation SOURCES Data are taken from the following: the latest Jakarta Stock Exchange and Indonesian government IDR bond yield data are taken from the Indonesian Stock Exchange (www.idx.co.id). BI JIBOR and IDR mid exchange rates from Bank Indonesia (www.bi.go.id), after 5 pm each day. BI reports international reserves data directly. The Directorate General of Debt Management at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance provides data on the foreign holdings of IDR government bonds (www.dmo.or.id). The CDS premium on 5-year Indonesian government USD bonds and Indonesian corporate bond spreads are sourced from JPMorgan.