Neraca Pembayaran Kuartal III Diprediksi Membaik
Q3`s Balance of Payment Predicted to Recover
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Pelaksana Tugas (Plt) Kepala Badan Kebijakan Fiskal Kementerian Keuangan, Bambang Brodjonegoro mengatakan pemerintah optimistis Neraca Pembayaran Indonesia (NPI) kuartal III 2013 akan lebih baik dari kuartal II 2013.
"Membaiknya NPI kuartal III disebabkan karena besarnya surplus neraca transaksi modal dan finansial akibat penundaan tapering (pengurangan) stimulus moneter The Fed," kata Bambang Brodjonegoro.
"Surplus neraca transaksi modal dan finansial diharapkan akan semakin besar, apalagi The Fed menunda pengurangan stimulus, sehingga akan lebih menyeimbangkan neraca transaksi berjalan pada kuartal III 2013," kata Bambang.
Menurutnya, neraca transaksi berjalan diperkirakan masih defisit, karena neraca perdagangan masih tumbuh negatif.
Jakarta (B2B) - Executing the Task Head of the Fiscal Policy Office Ministry of Finance, Bambang Brodjonegoro said the government is optimistic that Indonesia´s balance of payments (BOP) in the third quarter 2013 will be better than the second quarter of 2013.
"The improvement in the balance of payments in the third quarter due to the amount of surplus capital and financial account due to delay tapering (reducing) the Fed´s monetary stimulus," Bambang Brodjonegoro said.
"Surplus capital and financial account is expected to be even greater, especially the Fed´s stimulus delay reduction, so it will better balance the current account in the third quarter of 2013," said Bambang.
According to him, the current account deficit is expected to remain, because the trade balance is still negative.
