Jokowi Tempers Growth Outlook, Warns of Middle-Income Trap
- Indonesia aims for 5.2% GDP growth, slowing inflation in 2024
- President raises government pay, downplays new capital project
Joko Widodo delivers his annual budget speech in Jakarta, on Aug. 16.
Photographer: Willy Kurniawan/AFP/Getty Images
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo set a modest growth outlook next year as he underscores a narrowing window to get the country’s young population rich before it grows old.
Gross domestic product is expected to grow 5.2% in 2024, Jokowi — as the president is known — said in his annual budget speech to parliament on Wednesday. That’s toward the lower end of a 5.1%-5.7% initial estimate.