KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's gross domestic product grew slower-than-expected in the first quarter as prices of its main commodities softened, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday. Southeast Asia's largest economy expanded 5.07 percent in January-March from a year earlier, the slowest pace in a year, compared with a Reuters poll median of 5.18 percent and below the pace reported in the fourth quarter of 2018. On a quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted basis, GDP contracted 0.52 percent in the first quarter.
Indonesia's Q1 GDP growth slower than expected
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's gross domestic product grew slower-than-expected in the first quarter as prices of its main commodities softened, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday. Southeast Asia's largest economy expanded 5.07 percent in January-March from a year earlier, the slowest pace in a year, compared with a Reuters poll median of 5.18 percent and below the pace reported in the fourth quarter of 2018. On a quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted basis, GDP contracted 0.52 percent in the first quarter.
