Indonesia reeling from US financial crisis 09 October 2008

Indonesian stocks have been hit the hardest in Asia with trading halted since Wednesday, following the sell-off on Wall Street.

Declining demand from the US, its second-biggest export market, is threatening to leave hundreds of thousands of Indonesians without jobs.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen shows just how susceptible Indonesia's economy is to a financial crisis on the other side of the planet.

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News & Politics

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• indonesian
• economy
• us
• financial
• crisis
• step
• vaessen
• aljazeera

[miknex]

Give credit where it is due. This is the only network that would actually document existing problems others wouldn't show.

[travelinguy06]

I love shrimp and I love Al Jazeera!

Keep up the good reporting,

Gunny

[kartinibabi]

it just a matter of time before indonz revolt again! so all rich indonz need to grab their money, sell their properties, and get the hell out of indon! just like 1998!

[lagodaxnian]

i think east asian countries more hardest hit by cisis financial in USA,especially the countries like china,south korea and japan cause USA is the biggest export market for them.indonesia economy better than them.

[KhmerSerey1]

From kabab to sushi he said.

[LaRoucheisright]

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[travelinguy06]

Save me??

I am a retired US Marine E-7.

I am prepared for the fall that your "Politician" La Rouche cannot SAVE YOU FROM.

You are living in dreamland just like most Americans.

Happy Holidays fool.

Carry On,

Gunny

[LaRoucheisright]

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[travelinguy06]

Moron.

Lyndon la Rouche is a has been.

And you are a fool.

[LaRoucheisright]

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[LaRoucheisright]

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