Jakarta, March 27 -- News headlines on Indonesia's economy have been highly dynamic of late, and are quite likely to have caused some public overwhelm.

There has been some good news, for instance, the US$3.12 billion trade surplus recorded in February 2025 and the uptick in goods exports.

However, there have been some worrying news reports, such as the Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) plunging by more than 6 percent, the layoffs in labor-intensive industries, and the projected decline in the number of people participating in the 2025 Eid al-Fitr homecoming exodus.

Executive director of the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, Mohammad Faisal, said that those market responses are a form of dynamics related to public trust in th...