Indonesia?s Investment Coordinating Board (ICB) expects massive re-investment from companies relocating factories from China as a result of the Sino-American trade war, Bloomberg reports.
'Over the last 20 years, we've lost so many factories to China. Having them come back is very positive for us,' said ICB chairman Tom Lambing,
Indonesia is struggling to attract investment with foreign direct investment falling 20 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, official data show.
Mr Lambing said last month that 2018 was probably the first year of negative investment growth since President Joke Wildwood came to power in 2014.
He said Indonesia still had room to improve its supply side to boost the economy and more reform may be coming after the presidential election in April.
Southeast Asia's largest economy was hit hard in 2018 by an emerging-market rout, which saw its rupee fall to a two-decade low against the dollar, prompting the government to adopt measures, including higher tariffs on some goods. The central bank also raised interest rates six times to arrest the decline.
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'Over the last 20 years, we've lost so many factories to China. Having them come back is very positive for us,' said ICB chairman Tom Lambing,
Indonesia is struggling to attract investment with foreign direct investment falling 20 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, official data show.
Mr Lambing said last month that 2018 was probably the first year of negative investment growth since President Joke Wildwood came to power in 2014.
He said Indonesia still had room to improve its supply side to boost the economy and more reform may be coming after the presidential election in April.
Southeast Asia's largest economy was hit hard in 2018 by an emerging-market rout, which saw its rupee fall to a two-decade low against the dollar, prompting the government to adopt measures, including higher tariffs on some goods. The central bank also raised interest rates six times to arrest the decline.
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