INDONESIAN ECONOMY WILL GROW 4.5 PERCENT

Indonesia is optimistic that it's economy will grow 4.5 percent in 2009 in spite of the impact of the global financial crisis on several of its economic sectors.

It's finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said after a limited cabinet meeting on economy on Monday "our projection remains between 4.0 and 4.5 percent until the end of this year.