Indonesia Focuses on Six Areas in 2022 State Budget

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The Indonesian economy in the second quarter of 2021 stood strongly at 7.07 percent amid the country’s fierce struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The growth rebound returned to a positive zone after the economy was negative in four consecutive quarters since the second quarter of last year during which the gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 5.32 percent. This year, in the January to March period the GDP contracted 0.74 percent.

However, the media reported that the rise in coronavirus driven by the more virulent Delta variant and the Covid-19 restrictions could threaten the economic recovery in the third quarter.

Indonesia has been extending its Covid-19 restrictions on public activities several times to curb the spread of the virus.

(Writer: Fitria Chusna Farisa | Editor: Rakhmat Nur Hakim, Icha Rastika)

Sources: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/08/16/11470621/jokowi-pemerintah-anggarkan-rp-4275-triliun-untuk-perlindungan-sosial-di.

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/08/16/11370301/jokowi-sampaikan-6-fokus-apbn-2022-penanganan-pandemi-hingga-infrastruktur?page=all#page2.