Indonesia estimates GDP growth to decelerate 3.8% in Q2, recover in Q3

People are seen wearing protective face masks at a Sudirman train station amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia revised down the country's economic growth in the second quarter to minus 3.8 percent due to the pandemic, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Xinhua): Indonesia revised down the country's economic growth in the second quarter to minus 3.8 per cent due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced.

"During this second quarter we have faced pressures," she said in her keynote speech during a virtual town hall meeting at the Finance Ministry.