IT is too soon for the government to be proud of the 7.07 percent year-on-year positive growth in the second quarter of 2021. The fact that it has turned around from the minus 0.74 percent figure of the previous quarter is of course a good thing that must be maintained. But it is a mistake to see this achievement as signifying that the Indonesian economy has recovered.

We know that this positive growth is a direct result of the contribution from