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ASEAN (Indo) & China-focused. Ex-Deputy HoR UBS.

Johannes Salim, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Indonesia Consumer staples / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Our proprietary consumption scorecard reveals that Indonesia consumption in 2Q-4Q16 period is on the recovery path.</li><li>We expect the consumption recovery to progress into robust consumption state for 2017 due to 1) stronger lagged impact of 2016 rate cut, 2) rebound in commodity prices, and 3) better/stabilizing macro indicators such as inflation and unemployment rate</li><li>We prefer cyclical consumption theme; hence, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/46" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46">Astra International Tbk Pt (ASII IJ)</a> is our top pick in the overall consumer space. </li></ul>

Our proprietary consumption scorecard reveals that Indonesia consumption in 2Q-4Q16 period is on the recovery path.We expect the consumption recovery to progress into robust consumption state for 2017 due to 1) stronger lagged impact of 2016 rate cut, 2) rebound in commodity prices, and 3) better/stabilizing macro indicators such as inflation and unemployment rateWe prefer cyclical consumption theme; hence, Astra International Tbk Pt (ASII IJ) is our top pick in the overall consumer space. 

PT Nippon Indosari Corpindo Tbk. (ROTI) (ROTI IJ)