List of Major Investors Met by Purbaya in the US
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa held a meeting with a group of investors in the United States (US) yesterday, Monday (13/4/2026). The group of investors included HSBC Global Asset Management, Lazard AM, Blackrock, Lord Abbett, and TD Asset Management.
In the meeting, Purbaya explained Indonesia’s macroeconomic fundamentals and fiscal strategies to several major US investors. This was aimed at convincing investors to enter the country. According to Purbaya, the investors indeed intend to invest capital in Indonesia.
“Basically, we explained the economic conditions and our future fiscal strategies, so they are convinced that our fiscal movements or policies are in the right direction,” Purbaya said at the Peninsula Hotel in New York on Monday (13/4).
“They intend to invest in Indonesia. So, some explanations were given to them to ensure that their doubts about Indonesia can be cleared,” Purbaya added.
Purbaya explained that US investors have no doubts about the designed macroeconomic fundamental policies, but they want to confirm the current conditions regarding investment comfort.
“So they (the investors) are not doubtful, but they heard some noise that our fiscal is problematic, they confirmed that it is not true,” Purbaya said.
“We explained what our fundamental policies are like and because they are smart people, they can fully accept what we explained as in line with economic theories,” Purbaya added.
Purbaya also received positive input that the Indonesian government should improve communication with US investors, given that Indonesia’s macroeconomic foundation is considered very good.
“Regarding fiscal policy, they are already convinced that the direction of the policy is correct; they think that some international rating agencies were too quick to make changes to Indonesia’s rating, such as giving a negative outlook, where the change was made when the latest economic data was not yet complete,” Purbaya added.
When asked about the strategy to make investors confident in investing in Indonesia, Purbaya explained that the economy must continue to grow in line with the targets in the state budget.
“We will continue to ensure that the economy grows according to the targets we mentioned. If Indonesia can grow 5.5 percent in the first quarter and remains strong in the second quarter, this will immediately make them more confident to increase their investments in Indonesia,” Purbaya said.
“So we focus on ensuring that our policies are correct, and their implementation is in accordance with the design we made,” Purbaya concluded.