rajiv biswas speaking to me a little — droughts.iswas speaking to me a little earlier. _ droughts. rajiv biswas speaking to me a little earlier. away - to me a little earlier. away from china now, and here in southeast asia, economies have taken a hit from weakening into —— external demand as well as falling commodity prices. there is one bright spot and that is indonesia. forthe is one bright spot and that is indonesia. for the three months tojune its economy managed to expand just over 5%, which is slightly more than what we saw in the first quarter. economist katrina ell explained what led indonesia's growth. 50 katrina ell explained what led indonesia's growth.— indonesia's growth. so it was actually a _ indonesia's growth. so it was actually a number _ indonesia's growth. so it was actually a number of - indonesia's growth. so it was actually a number of factors. | actually a number of factors. we saw the domestic demand in indonesia held up a lot better than expected, in particular, private consumption maintained its march qua

rajiv biswas.from china now — and here in southeast asia, economies have taken a hit from weakening external demand and falling commodity prices. but there's one bright spot — indonesia. for the three months tojune, its economy expanded just over 5% slightly more than what we saw in 01. economist katrina ell explained what led indonesia's growth. so it was actually a number of factors. we saw that domestic demand in indonesia held up a lot better than expected. in particular, private consumption maintained its march quarter pace, which was surprising given that households have been grappling with still elevated inflation, as well as borrowing costs being elevated. but we also saw that the government sector actually contributed a lot too. and part of that came on the back of the government actually accelerating infrastructure spending and broader spending initiatives as well. but some of the expected weak spots were there — in particular, goods exports, commodity exports, were weak, which was to be

earlier, i spoke to regional expert rajiv biswas who explained the economic impact of these floods.

early i spoke to regional expert rajiv biswas, who