Indonesia says plasma treatment works in Covid-19 patients
JAKARTA, May 10, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Plasma transfusions using the blood of Covid-19 survivors have…
Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is an economy with a population of 261 million people. When it co-founded APEC in 1989, Indonesia’s real GDP was USD 288 billion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 1,600. By 2016, its real GDP more than tripled at USD 1 trillion, while its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 4,000.
Indonesia reports highest daily rise in coronavirus cases for second time in a week
JAKARTA, May 9, 2020, The Jakarta Post. The Health Ministry reported its biggest one-day rise…
[Analytics] The New Normal in ASEAN
The COVID-19 coronavirus has tremendously impacted livelihoods, local industries and the economy in general. Governments…
Indonesia’s GDP to contract by 1.3 per cent this year: Fitch Solutions
JAKARTA, May 8, 2020, The Jakarta Post. Fitch Solutions has forecast Indonesia’s GDP to contract…
Asia’s oncoming labour pangs to be ‘unprecedented’: ANZ Research
SINGAPORE, May 8, 2020, BT. The oncoming rise in unemployment will dwarf that during the…
Coronavirus lockdown sends solo sailor from Singapore on Pacific odyssey
SINGAPORE, May 8, 2020, BBC. One man’s dream to spend three years sailing solo around…
Indonesia fortunate to choose social distancing over lockdown: Jokowi
JAKARTA, May 8, 2020, ANTARA. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) believes Indonesia is lucky to choose…
Indonesia’s president Jokowi calls for flattened coronavirus curve in May ‘by any means necessary’
JAKARTA, May 7, 2020, The Jakarta Post. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the…
[Analytics] Managing supply chain risk in a post-COVID-19 world
The coronavirus pandemic has called into question several assumptions which have underpinned global trade for…
[Analytics] China has oil and gas trump card on US
The Donald Trump administration is ramping up retaliatory rhetoric against China over its handling of…
Indonesia starts year with weakest economic growth since 2001
JAKARTA, May 5, 2020, Bloomberg. Indonesia’s economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of…
[Analytics] How bad is pandemic’s impact on Asian developing economies?
In its April World Economic Outlook the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a baseline case…