Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lockdowns and travel restrictions, global demand for goods and services plummeted along w...

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spelling okr-10986-341232021-06-14T09:54:58Z Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH FISCAL TRENDS CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT INFLATION FINANCIAL MARKETS LABOR MARKET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY PUBLIC HEALTH LABOR SKILLS INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM DEBT MANAGEMENT The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lockdowns and travel restrictions, global demand for goods and services plummeted along with tourism flows and commodity prices; supply chains were disrupted; and financial market volatility spiked. The Government of Indonesia also implemented mobility restrictions from mid-March and then a partial lockdown from April to June, preventing many firms and shops from operating, and discouraging many consumers from shopping. Hit by severe external and domestic shocks, economic activity tumbled. Real GDP growth slumped from 5.0 percent yoy in Q4 2019 to 3.0 percent in Q1 2020, the lowest quarterly growth since 2001. Private consumption slowed as mobility restrictions and personal avoidance behavior curbed household consumption. Investment growth also declined with heightened uncertainty and lower commodity prices. There was broad-based slowdown across sectors. Manufacturing, construction and low value-added service sectors including transport, storage, hotels and restaurants, sectors that employ a larger number of workers, all saw a near halving in their sectoral growth rates from Q4 2019. In contrast, growth of modern, knowledge-intensive services sectors, including digital, financial, education and health services accelerated. The slowdown in domestic demand and the unexpected growth in some manufactured exports helped narrow the current account deficit (CAD) to 2.5 percent of GDP in Q1 2020 from 2.7 percent of GDP in Q4 2019. The goods trade surplus soared, as some diversion of manufacturing production from China and higher palm oil prices earlier in the year propped up export values, while imports contracted due to lower consumption and, investment and falling oil prices. With the sudden stop in global travel and transport, both services exports and imports plunged. 2020-07-16T15:41:42Z 2020-07-16T15:41:42Z 2020-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804791594826869284/Indonesia-Economic-Prospects-The-Long-Road-to-Recovery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34123 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL TRENDS
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
INFLATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
LABOR MARKET
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
LABOR SKILLS
INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
DEBT MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL TRENDS
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
INFLATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
LABOR MARKET
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
LABOR SKILLS
INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
DEBT MANAGEMENT
World Bank
Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
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description The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures triggered the deepest global recession in eight decades. As many countries implemented lockdowns and travel restrictions, global demand for goods and services plummeted along with tourism flows and commodity prices; supply chains were disrupted; and financial market volatility spiked. The Government of Indonesia also implemented mobility restrictions from mid-March and then a partial lockdown from April to June, preventing many firms and shops from operating, and discouraging many consumers from shopping. Hit by severe external and domestic shocks, economic activity tumbled. Real GDP growth slumped from 5.0 percent yoy in Q4 2019 to 3.0 percent in Q1 2020, the lowest quarterly growth since 2001. Private consumption slowed as mobility restrictions and personal avoidance behavior curbed household consumption. Investment growth also declined with heightened uncertainty and lower commodity prices. There was broad-based slowdown across sectors. Manufacturing, construction and low value-added service sectors including transport, storage, hotels and restaurants, sectors that employ a larger number of workers, all saw a near halving in their sectoral growth rates from Q4 2019. In contrast, growth of modern, knowledge-intensive services sectors, including digital, financial, education and health services accelerated. The slowdown in domestic demand and the unexpected growth in some manufactured exports helped narrow the current account deficit (CAD) to 2.5 percent of GDP in Q1 2020 from 2.7 percent of GDP in Q4 2019. The goods trade surplus soared, as some diversion of manufacturing production from China and higher palm oil prices earlier in the year propped up export values, while imports contracted due to lower consumption and, investment and falling oil prices. With the sudden stop in global travel and transport, both services exports and imports plunged.
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title Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
title_short Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
title_full Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
title_fullStr Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
title_full_unstemmed Indonesia Economic Prospects, July 2020 : The Long Road to Recovery
title_sort indonesia economic prospects, july 2020 : the long road to recovery
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804791594826869284/Indonesia-Economic-Prospects-The-Long-Road-to-Recovery
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