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.
Ratings Dynamics - Indonesia’s new political elite : Indonesia’s short-term political rating has stayed on 52.0 despite the nation’s shaky transition to democracy. Our short-term economic rating has stayed on 62.0 (from 59.0) with fundamental beginning to strengthen. Our business environment ratings has fallen to 47.2 (from 49.1) and our composite rating has stayed on 56.8.