Jakarta, June 2 -- The Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS), through its Consumer and Economic Survey (SKP), reported the Consumer Saving Index (IMK) at 79.0 in May 2025, down 4.4 points from April, likely from higher education-related household spending.

This aligns with a 1.7-point decline in the Saving Time Index (IWM) to 92.9 and a 7.1-point drop in the Saving Intensity Index (IIM) to 65.1 over the same period.

"This development indicates a weakening trend in saving plans and intensity," LPS Research Group Director Seto Wardono noted in an official statement in Jakarta on Monday.

Seto explained that the data partly reflects higher household expenditures on education during the student enrollment period and in anticipation ...