KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, posted slightly faster than forecast growth in the October-December quarter and its full-year 2018 expansion was the best in five years, supported by steady household spending. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the final quarter of 2018 expanded 5.18 percent from a year earlier, compared with 5.11 percent forecast in a Reuters poll and the 5.17 percent posted for July-September. Full-year 2018 growth was 5.17 percent, higher than the poll's 5.15 percent forecast and marking a third year of a pick-up after the pace dropped to 4.88 percent in 2015.
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KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, posted slightly faster than forecast growth in the October-December quarter and its full-year 2018 expansion was the best in five years, supported by steady household spending. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the final quarter of 2018 expanded 5.18 percent from a year earlier, compared with 5.11 percent forecast in a Reuters poll and the 5.17 percent posted for July-September. Full-year 2018 growth was 5.17 percent, higher than the poll's 5.15 percent forecast and marking a third year of a pick-up after the pace dropped to 4.88 percent in 2015.