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Is a credit bubble forming in Indonesia?

Strong credit growth in Indonesia has led to concerns that the country could be planting the seeds of the next financial crisis. As this Weekly explains, these worries are overdone. The warning signs for Indonesia are much weaker than in Hong Kong, China and Vietnam, which have all seen credit expand massively in the past few years.

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