KONTAN.CO.ID - BENGALURU. Indonesia's economic growth is expected to have slowed significantly in the third quarter as restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant put the brakes on a nascent recovery, a Reuters poll found. After reporting annual growth of 7.07% in the second quarter in the July-September period compared with the same three months a year earlier, according to the median forecast of 21 economists in the poll. If realised, it would also be well below the latest government forecast for the third-quarter growth of 4.5%.
POLL-Indonesia's GDP growth set to slow in Q3 as COVID-19 curbs bite
KONTAN.CO.ID - BENGALURU. Indonesia's economic growth is expected to have slowed significantly in the third quarter as restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant put the brakes on a nascent recovery, a Reuters poll found. After reporting annual growth of 7.07% in the second quarter in the July-September period compared with the same three months a year earlier, according to the median forecast of 21 economists in the poll. If realised, it would also be well below the latest government forecast for the third-quarter growth of 4.5%.