I just read an interesting article on this site mentioning that Indonesia Economy can be brighter than expected this year. This upcoming trend are mentioned by Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, and senior officers from Indonesian Bank (BI) Hartadi A Sarwono and Miranda S Goeltom.

According to the article, Sri Mulyani predict that “”Economic growth in the first semester of 2009 may reach 4.1 percent, and in the second semester 4.6 percent, bringing the total to 4.3 percent”.

Another optimistic view also mentioned by Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Hartadi A Sarwono that predict the growth can exceed exceed four percent. But he mentioned that the growth is depends on the speed of global recovery. He later said that “It is possible for the economy to grow above four percent. However, it is still too early for me to say that the US and the European economies will soon improve”.
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