INDONESIA D AILY ECONOMIC UPDAT E Monday, 20 August 2018 ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS  The Ministry of Finance is preparing a ministrial regulation draft to regulate import income tax (PPh).  The Financial Service Authority (OJK) launched a financial technology (fintech) center to support the development of fintech industry in the country.  Bank Indonesia (BI) is to lower the minimum transaction amount for forex swap hedging from USD 10 million to USD 2 million.  BI reported that the external debt at the end of Q2 2018 amounted to USD 355.7 billion, consisting of government and central bank external debt of USD 179.7 billion, as well as private sector (including state-owned enterprises) external debt of USD 176.0 billion. The external debt grew by 5.5 percent yoy, slower than previous month’s growth. 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 5,892 20 Aug 1.9% 0.5% 0.3% -7.3% Net purchases by -0.33 20 Aug IDR, tn -- -2.9 -0.8 -51.3 foreign investors Exchange rate: IDR/USD Bank Indonesia 14,578 20 Aug -0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 7.6% Bloomberg 14,588 20 Aug 0.0% -0.1% 0.6% 7.6% Government bonds Yield: 1 year IDR bond 6.1% 20 Aug bps 1.1 4 -3 102 Yield: 5-year IDR bond 7.7% 20 Aug bps -6.2 6 -3 169 Yield: 10-year IDR bond 8.1% 20 Aug bps -5.1 9 7 147 Foreign holdings of IDR bonds 845 16 Aug IDR, tn -- -1 8 8 Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 194 16 Aug bps -2.1 10 0 28 Asia USD bonds strip spread 187 16 Aug bps -1.2 7 -4 32 Indonesia sovereign CDS: 5yr, mid- 124 16 Aug bps 1.0 11 2 36 price Corporate bonds Indonesia USD bonds strip spread 340 16 Aug bps 4 28 -11 119 Interest rates JIBOR overnight 5.3% 20 Aug bps 1.1 29.3 32.7 144.9 JIBOR spread relative -15.1 20 Aug bps 1.1 4.3 7.7 19.9 to policy rate International reserves 118.3 31 Jul USD, bn -- -- -1.5 -11.9 * 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.