Economics
Indonesia Aims for V-Shaped Recovery After Disappointing GDP
- Economy shrinks to start year, declining more than expected
- GDP can grow 7.8% in 2Q as demand returns: economy minister
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Indonesia is setting its sights on a sharp turnaround starting this quarter as it assembles more stimulus programs to lift stubbornly weak domestic demand.
Gross domestic product declined 0.74% in the first quarter from a year ago, the statistics bureau said Wednesday, worse than the median estimate of -0.65% in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Still, it represented an improvement from the 2.19% contraction in the final quarter of 2020.