Indonesia posts balance of payments deficit in Q1

JAKARTA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia posted a balance of payments deficit of 6.0 billion U.S. dollars from January to March of this year, as opposed to an excess of 8.6 billion in the preceding quarter, the country's central bank said on Monday.

"Despite the global economic slowdown, Indonesia's balance of payments performance in the first quarter of 2024 remains maintained," head of Bank Indonesia's Communicat