RI economy grew 6.1% in 2010: BPS

JAKARTA. Indonesia's economy grew 6.1 percent last year, higher than the government's official forecast of 5.8 percent in the nation's 2010 state budget, Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data shows.
BPS chair Rusman Heriawan said Monday that Indonesia’s economic growth was mainly driven by domestic consumption, which accounted for 56.7 percent of the country's economy, as well as investment, which was 32.2 percent.
“On a quarterly basis, the economy grew by 6.9 percent in the last quarter of 2010, the highest in many years,” Rusman said.
The country's gross domestic product (GDP) was Rp 6,422.9 trillion (US$712.9 billion) as of the end of 2010.

Source: Kontan online