Maintaining Growth Momentum With Discipline

Based on the expenditure components in the GDP, household spending grew 5.93 percent, while exports rose 31.78 percent, imports 31.22 percent, investment 7.54 percent and government spending 8.06 percent.

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Cashiers serve visitor payments from behind a transparent barrier at a hypermarket in the BSD area, Tangerang Regency, Banten, on Saturday (27/3/2021).

The national economy grew 7.07 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021. Discipline in implementing health protocols and the vaccination program will determine future economic growth.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Encouraging economic data in the second quarter of 2021 marked the return of the economy to a positive growth following a contraction in the same period last year. However, the recovery trend will still be vulnerable to disruptions if the COVID-19 transmission cannot be properly controlled.