The Big Picture

As of July 13, 2026 · covering January 1, 2026 – July 13, 2026

Coverage has stayed net negative every month this year, dragged mostly by a weak economy and a steady stream of worries about clean government and Prabowo's tightening grip on power.

• The economy was the biggest drag all year, from the rupiah's record low in June to a first trade deficit in six years and a budget and central bank now out of step.
• Trust in clean government kept slipping, capped when the top anti-graft prosecutor quit after police found 74kg of gold in his properties, while Prabowo pulled exports, prices, and big firms under tighter state control.
• After holding flat through spring, the mood darkened over the past two months, and July's run of economic and governance stories made it the heaviest stretch of the year.
• Genuine good news stayed scarce all year, with only a handful of stories carrying any lasting weight (see below).

Trend

A 3-week rolling average, so the line moves in a narrower band than any single story.

Day-by-day

Every day as one square, calendar-style: weeks across, weekdays down. Colour shows direction, shade shows strength.

Sentiment tracks the outlook for Indonesia, not the writer's tone. It stayed net-negative all year on the numbers, not a glitch. Hover any point or square for detail.

Show the numbers as a table

Month	Stories	Net outlook	Avg / story	Mood
January	17	-13	-0.76	Negative
February	8	-5	-0.63	Negative
March	13	-9	-0.69	Negative
April	12	-7	-0.58	Negative
May	12	-7	-0.58	Negative
June	15	-12	-0.80	Negative
July	29	-18	-0.62	Negative

By country

Where the coverage comes from. Each bar is one country, sized by how many stories ran; colour shows how those stories split between worse, neutral, and better for Indonesia. Net is the sum of their scores.

Plus 1 story from sources not yet mapped to a country.

Topics

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