Feb 6, 2012
Indonesias economy grew last year at the fastest pace since before the Asian financial crisis as rising investment and domestic spending countered a slowdown in export demand due to Europes debt crisis.
Gross domestic product rose 6.5 percent in 2011, the statistics bureau said in Jakarta today, after a 6.1 percent gain reported earlier for the previous year. The median of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 6.44 percent increase.
The nations currency has advanced more than 1 percent against the dollar this year after the Moodys and Fitch upgrades.
Indonesian Economy Grows Fastest Since 1996 - Bloomberg
Indonesias economy grew last year at the fastest pace since before the Asian financial crisis as rising investment and domestic spending countered a slowdown in export demand due to Europes debt crisis.
Gross domestic product rose 6.5 percent in 2011, the statistics bureau said in Jakarta today, after a 6.1 percent gain reported earlier for the previous year. The median of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 6.44 percent increase.
The nations currency has advanced more than 1 percent against the dollar this year after the Moodys and Fitch upgrades.
Indonesian Economy Grows Fastest Since 1996 - Bloomberg