Indonesia's Balance of Payments Q4 2018 Shows US$5 Billion Surplus

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The positive Q4 NPI last year was supported by a financial account surplus of US$15.66 billion, plus a capital account surplus of US$23 million.

Indonesia's Balance of Payments (Quarter I 2010 - Quarter IV 2018)

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Indonesia's Balance of Payments (Quarter I 2010 - Quarter IV 2018)

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Indonesia's Balance of Payments (BOP) recorded a surplus of US$5.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. This positive BOP is the first in the last four quarters, as shown in the graph below.

The positive BOP in the fourth quarter of last year was supported by a surplus in financial transactions of US$15.66 billion, plus capital transactions of US$23 million. Meanwhile, the current account experienced a deficit of US$9.1 billion, plus a net errors and omissions of US$1.12 billion. As a result, in the last three months of last year, the national balance of payments recorded a surplus of more than US$5 billion.

Cumulatively, the 2018 BOP experienced a deficit of US$7.13 billion, compared to a surplus of US$11.59 billion in the previous year. Last year's BOP deficit was almost equal to that of 2013, which reached US$7.32 billion.

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