Economics

Indonesia Facing Internal Doubts as Global Risks Rattle Outlook

  • Growth forecast for 2020 under threat as external risks mount
  • Accelerating growth next year may be difficult, Indrawati says

Joko Widodo speaks during an interview in Jakarta, on July 12.

Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing an uphill battle to make good on an ambitious reform plan with a rapidly deteriorating global outlook prompting doubts, including from within his own government, over growth projections for Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.