Bappenas Perkirakan Penundaan `Tapering` Turunkan Inflasi 2013
Bappenas Estimates Tapering Postponement Lowers 2013 Inflation
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Direktur Keuangan Negara dan Analisis Moneter di Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional (Bappenas) Sidqy LP Suyitno memperkirakan tekanan inflasi hingga akhir 2013 akan lebih rendah dari proyeksi pemerintah sebelumnya sebesar 9,2%.
"Hal ini disebabkan penundaan tapering (pengurangan) stimulus Bank Sentral Amerika Serikat (AS) pada September ini, sehingga berpeluang memperkuat nilai tukar rupiah terhadap dolar AS," kata Sidqy LP Suyitno.
Menurutnya, dampak penundaan tapering The Fed diperkirakan menguatkan nilai tukar rupiah terhadap dolar AS, sehingga inflkasi yang disebabkan oleh harga barang-barang impor (imported inflation) tahun ini diperkirakan akan ikut menurun.
Jakarta (B2B) - State Financial and Monetary Analysis Director National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Sidqy LP Suyitno stated estimates inflation pressure by the end of 2013 will be lower than the government’s previous estimation at 9.2 percent.
"This is due to the postponement of stimulus tapering by US Central Bank by September; hence, it is likely that rupiah exchange rate will strengthen against US dollar," Suyitno said.
According to him, impacts from The Fed’s stimulus tapering postponement is predicted to strengthen rupiah exchange rate against US dollar; thus, inflation which was resulted from increased prices of imported goods (imported inflation) this year is predicted to plummet as well.
