The Business Monitor International (BMI) ratings can be used to rank emerging markets in terms of political risk, the economy and quality of business environment. There are four ratings : a composite rating, a political rating, an economy rating and business environment rating. These ratings are reviewed every month and the results posted on BMI's online service Emerging MArkets Online (www.businessmonitor.com). The political and economy ratings have short-and-long-term components. The long-term ratings are designed to reflect more structural considerations and will not change greatly in the short term. The short-term ratings will change frequently in response to more transient influences. All ratings are expressed as a number between 1 and 100. A hight rating is an indicator of lower risk.
Rating Dynamics - Shock after Jakarta blast : Indonesia’s short term political rating has fallen to 50.0 (from 51.0) following a bomb attack that left 12 people dead in Jakarta in August. Our short-term economic rating has stayed on 60.0 with next year’s planned fiscal deficit in line with our forecasts. Our business environment and composite ratings have fallen to 46.7 (from 47.0) and 54.8 (from 55.8) respectly.