JAKARTA. The positive trend in investment realization recorded during the second quarter of 2017 is expected to continue in the second semester, National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Chief Bambang Brodjonegoro stated. "Hopefully, investment realization will increase in the second semester, and growth in investment will improve," Brodjonegoro noted here on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, consumption is expected to be stable in the next two quarters. In the second quarter of 2017, household consumption grew only 4.95% year on year (yoy), or just 0.01% higher than the previous quarter. In fact, in the previous years, consumption growth in the second quarter was generally higher than the first quarter.
Investment realization is expected to grow
JAKARTA. The positive trend in investment realization recorded during the second quarter of 2017 is expected to continue in the second semester, National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Chief Bambang Brodjonegoro stated. "Hopefully, investment realization will increase in the second semester, and growth in investment will improve," Brodjonegoro noted here on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, consumption is expected to be stable in the next two quarters. In the second quarter of 2017, household consumption grew only 4.95% year on year (yoy), or just 0.01% higher than the previous quarter. In fact, in the previous years, consumption growth in the second quarter was generally higher than the first quarter.