Defisit Transaksi Berjalan Kuartal IV Diprediksi di Bawah US$7 Miliar
Indonesian Current Account Predicted Below US$7 Billion in Q4 2013
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Keuangan Chatib Basri optimistis defisit neraca transaksi berjalan kuartal keempat 2013 akan di bawah US$7 miliar, lebih rendah dari kuartal ketiga 2013 yang mengalami defisit US$8,44 miliar atau 3,78% dari Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB).
"Menurunnya defisit transaksi berjalan seiring membaiknya neraca perdagangan yang mencatat surplus dalam dua bulan terakhir," kata Chatib Basri di Jakarta.
Dia menambahkan, mengatakan neraca perdagangan sejak Oktober 2013 jauh lebih baik dari sebelumnya. Bahkan surplus November 2013 mencapai US$776,8 juta jauh dari perkiraan awal pemerintah sebesar US$600 juta, sedangkan pada Oktober mencapai surplus US$24,3 juta.
"Defisit transaksi berjalan bisa di bawah US$7 miliar di kuartal keempat, mungkin bisa mendekati di bawah 3%, tergantung dari kurs dan GDP (gross domestic product),” ungkap Chatib Basri.
Jakarta (B2B) - Chatib Basri, Indonesian Finance Minister optimistic deficit in current account of the fourth quarter of 2013 will be below US$7 billion, lower than in the third quarter of 2013 which was US$8.44 billion or meeting 3.78 percent from gross domestic product (GDP).
"Current account deficit declines following the recovery of trade balance which recorded a surplus in the past two months," Chatib Basri said in Jakarta.
According to him, balance of trade since October 2013 has been better than before. Moreover, surplus in November 2013 reached US$776.8 million far from the government’s earlier estimation of US$600 million. Meanwhile, in October it was surplus by US$ 24.3 million.
“Current account deficit may be below US$ 7 billion in the fourth quarter, perhaps approaching below three percent, depending on currency and GDP,” Basri said.
