Indonesia's Equivocating Economy
Send us a text Earlier this month Indonesia government data showed the country’s GDP grew at an annualized rate of 5.2 per cent during the three months to June 30. It’s a rate of growth that would be the envy of most big economies not least because it has so far avoided triggering rapid price inflation while paralleling an overall improvement in government services. The state of the economy has helped support a generally sunny outlook among Indonesia’s voters and their favorable views of the...