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In this podcast with Farid Subhan on Masuk Akal, Mulya Amri unpacks the latest Kadin Business Pulse survey: nearly half of Indonesian entrepreneurs (47%) say business conditions worsened in Q2 2026, up from 40% in Q1, while optimism keeps declining. The middle is being squeezed. It's not the smallest or largest firms feeling the most pain — it's small and medium enterprises, over 50% of whom report worsening conditions, caught between shrinking government-linked projects and

The op-ed, written by Mulya Amri and Fakhrul Fulvian, argues that Indonesia’s macroeconomic indicators, while essential, are too slow and high‑level to capture the fast‑moving decisions businesses make each week, creating a gap between policy design and on‑the‑ground realities. To address this, the Kadin Indonesia Institute launched the Kadin Business Pulse (KBP) , a quarterly survey capturing business sentiment, challenges, and expectations across sectors and regions. Early