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Indonesia Corona Virus Update #34\u00a0 \u00a0 October 19, 2020<\/h2>\n
Cumulative number of reported cases:\u00a0365,240\u00a0(as of October 19 )<\/strong><\/div>\n
12,617 Deaths<\/strong><\/div>\n
289,243 Recoveries\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Rupiah to US$14,741<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jakarta Stock Exchange Index: 5126<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Covid-19 case nationwide case growth continues at a steady 8% rate. The growth, troubling as it is, has, from almost the beginning, at this arithmetic rate.\u00a0Active cases declined 3%.\u00a0Testing (PCR) increased over the week and is now averaging above 37,000. Transmission has abated somewhat in East Java, an earlier hotspot.<\/div>\n
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The office of Coordinating Maritime and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitian released a statement indicating that 3 Chinese vaccine suppliers will begin shipments to Indonesia in November.\u00a0These initial doses should be of help to frontline workers. But some experts worry that they may not be totally effective.\u00a0\u00a0Indonesia has hedged its bets, however, by striking deals with other suppliers, including Astra Zeneca.<\/div>\n
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Travel\/Tourism<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Partial travel and work restrictions will persist until October 25 in Jakarta based on the recent flattening of transmission.<\/div>\n
Indonesia signed an agreement with Astra Zeneca to purchase 100 million does of vaccine to be delivered in phases in early 2021.<\/div>\n
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Economic<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Omnibus Job Creation Bill<\/strong>:\u00a0Ongoing demonstrations- some deteriorating into riots- continued over the past week.\u00a0So far, President Jokowi is holding firm on all elements of the bill despite the stiff opposition from labor, environmental, and human rights activists.\u00a0Although the bill passed Parliament, the President has yet to sign it, and several versions are not in circulation causing some confusion.\u00a0Many of the differences are matters of punctuation, spelling, grammar, and clarity, however, those that have looked at the texts closely have identified some meaningful differences, especially regarding changes to the 2003 Labor Law.\u00a0\u00a0AICC is planning a mid-November on the bill, when a final version will have been submitted to the President. Its clear that after passage, the bill will undergo challenges in the Constitutional Court.<\/li>\n
  • President Jokowi’s Statements:<\/strong>\u00a0The government released a Youtube video of President Jokowi\u2019s comment to the press about the law:\u00a0(excerpt provided by Reformasi Weekly)<\/em> \u201cThere is a need for this law to promote employment generation, especially in the labor-intensive sectors. The Job Creation Law intends to provide employment as broadly as possible for job-seekers and the unemployed. It also helps the ability of micro, small and medium enterprises to generate employment as the law will facilitate these firms in obtaining permits. Overlapping regulations and convoluted procedures are cut down, business permits for micro and small enterprises are no longer needed \u2013 they merely need to register. The process is very simple\u201d.\u00a0And- \u201cI have seen demonstrations that, in essence, are fueled by disinformation regarding the substance of the law and hoaxes on social media.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Exports Are Up<\/strong>:\u00a0According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Indonesia booked its highest exports in six months, driven by rising shipments of agricultural and manufactured goods in September.\u00a0Exports jumped 6.97 percent month-to-month (mtm) in September to US$14.01 billion, the highest recorded since March, before the pandemic took a great toll on the country\u2019s economy. The figure, however, remained 0.5 percent lower than in September last year. Imports rose 7.7 percent mtm to US$11.57 billion in September due to rising incoming deliveries of raw materials and capital goods, but they are still almost 19 percent lower annually, as household spending remains well below pre-pandemic levels. As a result, the country booked a US$2.44 billion trade surplus in September, bringing the total surplus so far this year to US$13.51 billion.<\/li>\n
  • BI Rate Unchanged:<\/strong>\u00a0Bank Indonesia (BI) will hold its benchmark interest rate in the fourth quarter at 4 percent until the end of 2021 as the central bank focuses on maintaining a stable currency amid the COVID-19 induced uncertainty.<\/li>\n
  • Budget Deficit<\/strong>:\u00a0Indonesia\u2019s budget deficit was estimated at 682.1 trillion rupiah ($46.56 billion) in the January-September period, equivalent to 4.16% of gross domestic product, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Monday (10\/19). The government has forecast a fiscal deficit of 6.34% of GDP for 2020, the widest in decades, due to increased spending on the COVID-19 pandemic response.<\/li>\n
  • Islamic Banking Merger<\/strong>:\u00a0SOE Minister Erick Thohir announced that the Islamic banking (Syariah) units of 3 of Indonesia\u2019s state-owned banks would be merged into a single unit with $14.5 billion in assets. While conventional banks charge\u00a0interest on loans, Islamic lenders use various profit- or burden-sharing\u00a0schemes to bear\u00a0the lending risk together with their customers.\u00a0The new bank could allow Islamic finance to better compete with traditional institutions and meet a growing demand among Indonesian consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    (sources: International and Indonesia news media, Bali Update (from balidiscovery.com), Reformasi Weekly)<\/em><\/div>\n
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