Jakarta bets on fourth-quarter growth

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Govt aims to cover pandemic-induced Q3 losses

Cautious stance: A worker at a batik industrial area in Sukoharjo, Central Java. The government has lowered its best-case third-quarter growth outlook from 5.7% to 5.4% but has held its best-case fourth-quarter outlook at 5.9%. — Reuters

He said the government aimed to lower the number of active Covid-19 cases to around 200,000 before the fourth quarter, down from the current level of around 500,000 but still higher than the average of around 100,000 active cases in the second quarter. In addition to addressing the pandemic, Airlangga pledged to use the economic recovery programme budget to spur consumption and business activity by cutting rent taxes for retailers and luxury taxes on newly purchased cars and houses, among other measures.

The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 40.1 in July, ending a nine month expansion in factory activity, and the retail sales index fell by 11% in June, a decline that is expected to continue with the July figure. Lionel Priyadi, macro strategist and equity analyst at Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia, wrote in a statement on Friday that the global Delta variant outbreak and PPKM would likely halt Indonesia’s recovery momentum.

 

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