5,5% - 5,8%, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Hingga Akhir 2013

Indonesia`s Eonomic Growth Forecast in 2013, about 5.5% -5.8%

Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


5,5% - 5,8%, Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Hingga Akhir 2013
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Jakarta (B2B) - Meskipun Bank Indonesia kembali menaikkan suku bunga acuan sebesar 25 basis poin, pemerintah tetap optimistis pertumbuhan ekonomi hingga akhir tahun akan berada di kisaran 5,5% -5,8%, dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi kuartal IV sama dengan kuartal III sebesar 5,62%.

Wakil Menteri Keuangan II, Bambang PS Brodjonegoro mengatakan kenaikan BI Rate dipastikan akan memperlambat pertumbuhan ekonomi, namun pemerintah akan berupaya menjaga perlambatan tidak terlalu dalam.

Pemerintah akan membuat kebijakan yang mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi namun tidak bertentangan dengan langkah BI.

“Itu kebijakan yang mau kita keluarkan November dan Desember tadi, utamanya terkait perpajakan,” kata Bambang.

Jakarta (B2B) - Although Bank Indonesia raised key interest rate by 25 basis points, the government remains optimistic that economic growth until the end of 2013 will range from 5.5% to 5.8%, with fourth-quarter economic growth similar to the third quarter in the range of 5 , 62%.

Deputy Minister of Finance II, Bambang PS Brodjonegoro said BI rate hike would likely slow economic growth, but the government will seek to keep the slowdown is not too deep.

The government will make policies that encourage economic growth, but not against the policy of the central bank.

"It´s a policy that we want to release in November and December, particularly related to taxation,"  Bambang said.