According to the authorities, the country's growth fell 3.49 per cent in the
A fall of 5.32 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 has pushed Indonesia into a recession.
The last time there was a recession in South East Asia's biggest economy was during the 1998 Asian financial crisis.
Indonesian have predicted that 3.5 million people could lose their jobs due to the
Currently, Indonesia with more than 426,000 confirmed
Besides agriculture, Indonesia relies heavily on its tourism sector, which has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic not only in the country but globally due to a travel restrictions imposed all over the world.
The capital city Jakarta went into a second semi-lockdown for four weeks starting in mid-September with rising cases straining its health system.
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