Six sectors chiefly drove Indonesia s first-quarter growth: BPS chief 5th May 2021
Chief of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Suhariyanto during an online press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday (May 5, 2021). ANTARA/HO-BPS Public Relations Jakarta (ANTARA) - Six business sectors contributed to Indonesia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2021, Chief of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Suhariyanto stated. The rest recorded a contraction,” Suhariyanto remarked during an online press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The BPS chief noted that the six sectors were information and communication, water procurement, healthcare, agriculture, electricity and gas procurement, and real estate.
The information and communication sector clocked the highest growth, at 8.72 percent; followed by water procurement, at 5.49 percent; healthcare, at 3.64 percent; and agriculture, at 2.95 percent.
Open unemployment rate slides to 6.26% in February 5th May 2021
BPS chief Suhariyanto addresses an online press conference here on Wednesday (May 5, 2021). (ANTARA/HO-Humas BPS)
The open unemployment rate for women and men dropped 1.05 percent and 0.65 percent, respectively. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s open unemployment rate dropped to 6.26 percent in February, 2021 from 7.07 percent in August, 2020, according to a survey conducted by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The open unemployment rate in February, 2021 stood at 6.26 percent, falling from 7.07 percent recorded in August (2020). This means there has been an improvement, though it has not returned to the previous level, BPS chief Suhariyanto said at an online press conference here on Wednesday.
Economic contraction of 0.74 percent recorded in Q1 2021: BPS 5th May 2021
Chief of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Suhariyanto in a press conference in jakarta on Wednesday (May 5, 2021). ANTARA/screenshot/BPS YouTube account
Economic growth in the first quarter of 2021 contracted by 0.74 percent Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia s economy continued to shrink at 0.74 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, according to the Statistics Indonesia (BPS). Economic growth in the first quarter of 2021 contracted by 0.74 percent, BPS Head Suhariyanto stated here on Wednesday.
Suhariyanto attributed the improvement in growth to an upward trend since the GDP contracted 5.32 percent in the second quarter of 2020.
Muhammadiyah University s student community is mostly native Papuans 5 hours ago
The Papua Muhammadiyah University s (UMP s ) Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs Indah Sulistiani (ANTARA News Papua/Hendrina Dian Kandipi) Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) - The Papua Muhammadiyah University (UMP) in Jayapura has demonstrated its strong commitment to contributing to the improvement of Papua Province s human capital, as nearly 90 percent of its registered students are native Papuans. This reality is a matter of pride in the midst of our pluralistic society, UMP s Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs, Indah Sulistiani, told ANTARA in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, on Monday.
Papua s higher education is expected to keep making a major leap forward owing to support from various societal elements at large, Sulistiani remarked.
Foreign tourist arrivals in March 2021 increased 14.54 percent: BPS 3rd May 2021
Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics of BPS, Setianto, while holding a virtual press conference in Jakarta on Monday. (ANTARA/Youtube)
Indeed, (the figure) is still far (lower) as compared to the corresponding period in 2020 and 2019, but figures for the January-March 2021 period have increased, although (they) are not too many Jakarta (ANTARA) - Foreign tourist arrivals in March 2021 rose by 14.54 percent to reach 132,600, from 115,800 recorded in the previous month, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS). Indeed, (the figure) is still far (lower) as compared to the corresponding period in 2020 and 2019, but figures for the January-March 2021 period have increased, although (they) are not too many, Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics of BPS, Setianto, stated at a virtual press conference here on Monday.