Gold prices hit all-time highs boosting mining stocks amid optimism over national economic growth at the end of 2025. The government now targets industrial modernization through machinery imports to achieve a 20.56% manufacturing contribution to GDP by 2029. This strategic move is expected to strengthen Indonesia's economic resilience against ongoing global uncertainty.
Global gold prices reached an all-time high in December 2025, delivering a fantastic annual return of 67%. This positive trend immediately drove up the share prices of gold issuers such as ANTM and HRTA as aggressive investors sought primary safe-haven assets. Uncertain global market conditions have made precious metals the preferred choice for many stakeholders to secure their wealth.
This brilliant gold shine aligns with claims of national economic recovery showing encouraging growth figures for the public.
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reported that the Indonesian economy managed to grow by 5.45% in the fourth quarter of 2025. This figure exceeds the achievements of previous quarters despite challenges in declining consumption sectors and weakening export performance. The government continues to closely monitor recent data dynamics to ensure this economic strengthening trend remains sustainable in the future.
Stable economic growth requires support from more modern industrial infrastructure to maintain national competitiveness on the global stage.
Indonesia recorded a significant surge in machinery imports from China as a concrete step toward the modernization and robotization of the national industry. Although these imports raise concerns about trade balance pressures, such advanced tools are crucial for efficiently increasing local factory productivity. This technological transformation is the primary key to streamlining mass production scales across various leading manufacturing sectors.
The use of the latest technology is expected to realize the government's grand ambition of strengthening the role of the processing industry in the total national economy.
President Prabowo Subianto set an ambitious target to return the manufacturing industry's contribution to 20.56% of GDP by 2029. The Ministry of Industry projects a jump in sector growth from 5.50% in 2025 to 8.14% within the next four years. The government's main focus is to overcome deindustrialization hurdles so that the domestic industry can compete strongly in international markets.
The surge in gold prices and these bold manufacturing targets open significant investment opportunities for business actors to immediately expand production capacity and modernize technology. Economic optimism driven by the strengthening of the commodity sector and industrial modernization must be accompanied by appropriate fiscal policies to optimally achieve the 2029 GDP contribution target through synergy between the government and the private sector.