Page Description: Following a 2% contraction in 2020, Indonesia’s economy is expected to grow nearly 4% this year, fueled partly by rising commodity exports. With the emergence of the Omicron variant, the nation, which was the Asian epicenter of Covid-19 earlier this year, is going all out to prevent a third wave with strictures on international arrivals and Christmas and new year holiday restrictions. The benchmark stock market index rose over 19% since we last measured fortunes, helping to lift the combined net worth of the 50 richest by 21% to $162 billion, up from $133 billion last year.