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Indonesia's Biggest Layoffs Since 2025: From Sritex to TikTok-Tokopedia
Jakarta. Indonesia's labor market has come under growing ... closures, production relocation, rising operating costs, corporate restructuring, and post-merger ...Business Jul 7, 2026 | 10:42 am
Indonesia Layoffs Top 23,000 in 2026 as Economists Warn of Economic Slowdown
... to grapple with high energy costs, weakening industrial competitiveness, regulatory ... peers, reflecting persistent logistical costs, lengthy bureaucracy, and other ... labor-intensive industries should receive support through lower energy and logistics costs ...Business Jul 6, 2026 | 10:58 am
UGM Professor Links Mass Layoffs to Trade and Fiscal Policies
... competitiveness of Indonesian manufacturers, particularly labor-intensive sectors such as textiles ... their workforce to contain operating costs. He also argued that President ... energy prices and increased production costs for energy-intensive industries such ...Business Jul 5, 2026 | 10:20 pm
Indonesia Market Cap Drops to $572 Billion as Foreign Selling Persists
... from weaker-than-expected US labor market data, which strengthened ... by reducing fuel subsidy costs and creating room for ... oil prices pushed up import costs. The deficit followed a sharply ... Permata said rising import costs and production expenses are increasing ...Business Jul 4, 2026 | 10:51 am
JCI Rises as Energy Stocks Offset Inflation and Trade Deficit Concerns
... following the release of US labor market data later this week ... and reflected higher energy import costs linked to disruptions in the ...Business Jul 1, 2026 | 4:43 pm
Prabowo Targets Slimmer SOEs, Rules Out Layoffs
... financial performance. He argued that labor costs account for only a small portion ... from the restructuring. "Our annual labor cost is only around Rp ...Business Jun 29, 2026 | 3:46 pm
DEN Urges DMO Review as Blackouts Hit World's Biggest Coal Exporter
... been caught between rising production costs and the government's DMO policy ... ton to better reflect production costs. Indonesia has set its 2026 ... stoppages during outages, even as labor costs continue to accrue. Business groups ...Business Jun 25, 2026 | 6:08 pm
US 10% Forced Labor Tariff on Indonesia to Apply After July 24
... imports allegedly produced by forced labor. The Donald Trump 2.0 ... impose and effectively enforce” forced labor import prohibitions. Jakarta -- ... this would slash export costs if granted. The Jakarta ... curbing imports linked to forced labor, about a month after ...Business Jun 5, 2026 | 10:18 am
China's Rise: What Indonesia Can Learn
... the aim of reducing logistics costs and improving connectivity -- measures that ... as an aging population, rising labor costs, increased geopolitical tensions, tariff barriers ...Opinion May 29, 2026 | 9:00 am
Indonesia’s Growth Paradox: Higher Growth, Poorer People
... generating export revenues without proportionate labor absorption. External pressures are ... inconsistent regulations, high logistics costs, and regulatory uncertainty have often ... investment in human capital. Labor-intensive manufacturing—textiles, electronics ...Opinion May 23, 2026 | 11:57 am
Activists Criticize Prabowo’s Claim Villagers Are Unaffected by Weak Rupiah
... feed. “When the rupiah weakens, costs rise and are transmitted into ... affects workers because rising import costs eventually push up prices for ... ,” Timboel said. He added that labor union activists have so far ...Business May 17, 2026 | 4:51 pm
Indonesian Stocks Slip Ahead of MSCI Review, US-China Meeting
... driven by stronger-than-expected labor market data. Nonfarm payrolls showed ... Iran could drive up fuel costs and uncertainty. The Dow Jones ...Business May 11, 2026 | 9:28 am
Indonesia’s 5.61% Growth Not Fully Felt by Businesses, Apindo Says
... the first quarter, raising production costs and squeezing margins. “For ... weaker rupiah directly increases production costs, reduces profitability and in many ... competitiveness, particularly for manufacturing and labor-intensive industries,” she said. Indonesia ...Business May 6, 2026 | 7:46 pm
Spirit Airlines to Shut Down After 34 Years, Ceases Operations Immediately
... , weighed down by rising operating costs and mounting debt. By the ... filings. Supporters of a rescue — including labor unions representing pilots, flight attendants ...Business May 2, 2026 | 4:59 pm
Rising LPG Prices Push Small Businesses in West Java Back to Firewood
... forced to use firewood so costs can be reduced, even though ... using firewood has cut operating costs by as much as 50 ... takes longer and requires more labor. Meanwhile, the provincial government of ...Business Apr 24, 2026 | 2:20 pm
Apindo Warns Production Could Stall Next Month on Supply Shortages
... of stalled production. Apindo’s labor affairs chairman, Bob Azam, ... into layoffs, even as costs surge. Instead, firms are ... , said surging raw material costs could eventually trigger layoffs, ... dependent on imports. “Production costs are rising sharply. This ...Business Apr 15, 2026 | 11:56 am
Tempe Makers Squeezed as Soybean, Plastic Prices Surge
... Surging soybean and packaging costs are squeezing Indonesia’s small ... driving up daily production costs. He said both ... banana leaves can cut costs significantly, with one ... labor. Producers view this adaptation as a necessary response to rising input costs ...Business Apr 9, 2026 | 3:12 pm
World Bank: Middle East Conflict Spillovers Raise Capital Outflow Risks for Indonesia
... -crisis levels, pushing up production costs and feeding into food and ... a “flight to safety,” raising borrowing costs in emerging markets. Bond spreads ... if elevated oil prices persist, labor incomes across the region could ...Business Apr 8, 2026 | 8:49 pm
Rp 8.9 Trillion Housing Plan Aims to Renovate 400,000 Homes
... purchase building materials and cover labor costs under a community-based self-help ...News Mar 25, 2026 | 1:47 pm
Nearly Half of Economists Say Indonesia’s Economy Is Deteriorating: UI Survey
... largely driven by rising food costs. Read More: Prabowo ... prices and global energy costs have begun eroding household ... the same time, a tightening labor market has slowed wage growth ... intervene in port and transportation costs — areas largely controlled by ...Business Mar 15, 2026 | 11:02 pm
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