Moody's Revises Indonesia's Outlook to Negative, Kasikorn Research Notes 3 Concerns

MGR Online•Economy•164d ago

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Moody's downgrades Indonesia's credit outlook to negative, citing policy uncertainty, fiscal risks, and governance concerns, according to Kasikorn Research.

•Moody's has changed Indonesia's credit outlook from Stable to Negative, while maintaining its Baa2 investment grade rating.
•Kasikorn Research highlights policy uncertainty, fiscal risks, and governance quality as key concerns influencing Moody's decision.
•Lowering Indonesia's status from Emerging Market to Frontier Market by MSCI is also a potential risk.

Overview

•Kasikorn Research Center reported that Moody's has adjusted Indonesia's credit rating outlook from Stable to Negative.
•Moody's has maintained Indonesia's credit rating at Baa2 (Investment Grade) despite the negative outlook.
•The negative outlook reflects concerns over policy uncertainty, fiscal risks, and governance quality.
•The policy uncertainty and fiscal pressures could erode investor confidence, causing capital and currency volatility, and increasing vulnerability to overall economic stability.
•Kasikorn Research indicates that three factors of concern for Moody's will require close monitoring in the future.
•These three factors include uncertain policies and governance related to the independence of key economic bodies (central bank and regulatory agencies).
•Increased deficit reaching close to the 3% GDP ceiling (-2.92% of GDP in 2025, down from -2.3% in 2024) due to populist policies increasing public debt burden.
•Capital market liquidity and transparency could be affected by MSCI potentially downgrading Indonesia from Emerging Market to Frontier Market.

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Key Entities

Organization

Kasikorn Research Center(ศูนย์วิจัยกสิกรไทย)

A research center reporting on a credit rating agency's assessment of Indonesia's economy.

Moody'sℹ️

A credit rating agency that has adjusted Indonesia's credit outlook.

MSCIℹ️

An index provider whose potential reclassification of Indonesia could impact market liquidity.

Place

Indonesia(อินโดนีเซีย)ℹ️

The country whose credit rating and outlook have been assessed by Moody's.