Chatib Basri Optimistis Pemerintah Dapat Redam Inflasi
Chatib Basri Optimistic Gov`t can Control Inflation
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Keuangan Chatib Basri optimistis pemerintah dapat mengendalikan inflasi akibat kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) bersubsidi, dengan terjadinya deflasi 0,03 persen pada Mei 2013.
"Deflasi Mei 0,03 persen, artinya inflasi saat ini menjadi 5,64 persen. Sedangkan jika ada kenaikan harga BBM, kemungkinan inflasi naik 2,4 persen. Dengan deflasi Mei ini membikin kita cukup optimis dampak inflasi akibat kenaikan BBM sebesar 2,4 persen itu bisa dikendalikan," kata Menkeu Chatib Basri kepada wartawan di Gedung DPR, Senin.
Ia mengatakan deflasi Mei terjadi karena adanya upaya meredam inflasi dengan cara memastikan distribusi makanan dan pasokan bahan kebutuhan pokok.
Menurutnya, apabila upaya serupa terus dilakukan seiring kenaikan harga BBM bersubsidi, dia optimis target inflasi dalam asumsi makro Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara Perubahan (APBNP) sebesar 7,2 persen bisa dicapai.
"Saya masih percaya inflasi bisa 7,2 persen, tidak setinggi yang waktu itu dimunculkan Bank Indonesia sebesar 7,76 persen," katanya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Finance Minister Chatib Basri optimistic the government can control inflation due to rising prices of fuel oil (BBM), with 0.03 percent deflation in May 2013.
"May`s deflation of 0.03 percent brings the inflation rate to 5.64 percent year-on-year. If the fuel price was to be raised the inflation rate might increase 2.4 percent. Given May`s deflation, we are quite optimistic that the inflation rate of 2.4 percent triggered by fuel price hike could be controlled," he told reporters in parliament building, Jakarta on Monday (3/6).
The finance minister said the country recorded deflation in May thanks to the effort to curb inflation by ensuring the distribution of foods and basic necessaries.
If similar efforts were to be made to curb the impact of imminent fuel price hike, the inflation rate target of 7.2 percent set in the revised 2013 state budget could be achieved, he said.
"I am still convinced the inflation rate will stand at 7.2 percent and will not be as high as Bank Indonesia`s forecast of 7.76 percent," he said.
