JAKARTA (Reuters): ndonesia's economy contracted for the first time in over two decades in the second quarter, official data showed on Wednesday (Aug 5), with the government promising faster spending in the coming months to boost growth.
Southeast Asia's largest economy shrank by a bigger than expected 5.32% in the April-June period from a year ago, according to data from Statistics Indonesia, the first contraction since 1999.
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