JAKARTA -- Foreign direct investment into Indonesia shrank 6.95% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 202.2 trillion rupiah ($12.3 billion), the investment ministry announced on Tuesday, the biggest such drop in five years.
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto waves as he walks with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, on July 29. © AP
JAKARTA -- Foreign direct investment into Indonesia shrank 6.95% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 202.2 trillion rupiah ($12.3 billion), the investment ministry announced on Tuesday, the biggest such drop in five years.