PENGARUH PANDEMI COVID 19 TERHADAP PEREKONOMIAN PROPINSI JAMBI

Abstract

Corona has been declared a pandemic by WHO since March 2020. Almost all countries in the world are affected by the presence of this dangerous virus. The Covid-19 pandemic devastated the social, political and even economic sectors. This can be seen from the decline in the country s economic growth rate that has contracted and even entered a recession. Jambi Province is one of the areas affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The economic growth rate of Jambi Province slowed down and contracted by 1.72 percent. This research will look at the extent of the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy of Jambi Province and what sectors are affected. The study concludes that there are nine (9) sectors affected, namely transportation, accommodation provision, corporate services, other services, construction, real estate, government administration, mining and quarrying, as well as wholesale and retail trade. While the results of Mc Nemar s statistical test proved that the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant effect on the economy of Jambi Province, both y on y, q to q and c to c economic growth. This can be seen from the statistical significance of the Mc Nemar test for the three types of economic growth which is less than 0.05 .