The economic outlook Looking forward, my baseline forecast is for economic activity to gradually pick up steam over the next year or so. I recognize that some of the factors holding back the pace of activity are likely to persist. For example, with sluggish employment growth, household income may not be strong enough to support sustained increases in consumer spending.
Such data and information are gathered by Bank Indonesia from various sources through reports and/or surveys of, among others, bank and non-bank financial institutions, government institutions, the capital market, exporters, companies with external debt exposure, and even households. 4.