5,5% Hingga 5,9%, Target Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Optimistis Tercapai

Bank Indonesia Optimistic Economic Growth Target will be Achieved

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


5,5% Hingga 5,9%, Target Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Optimistis Tercapai
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia tetap optimistis pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia pada 2014 sebesar 5,5-5,9 persen sebagaimana yang diperkirakan BI sebelumnya dapat tercapai kendati realisasi investasi pada kuartal I-2014 melambat.

"Sebetulnya rencana pertumbuhan investasi pada 2013 lalu juga ternyata tidak memberikan kontribusi yang tinggi. Kita melihat ekspor jadi lebih diandalkan, jadi secara umum walau investasi tidak setinggi yang kita harapkan, permintaan domestik dan ekspor kita yakini ekonomi bisa tumbuh 5,5-5,9 persen," kata Gubernur Bank Indonesia, Agus Martowardojo di Jakarta, hari ini.

Menurut Agus, melambatnya realisasi investasi pada kuartal I-2014 tersebut masih dalam batas yang relatif wajar. Ia menilai, setiap korporasi belum tentu bisa melakukan investasi dalam tiap tahunnya.

"Saya meyakini kalau seandainya ada investasi, setiap korporasi itu tidak bisa melakukan investasi setiap tahun. Jadi layaknya suatu korporasi kalau dia membangun pabrik baru itu sangat mungkin pabrik baru tersebut kalau dia mau melakukan ekspansi itu dilakukan tiga tahun yang akan datang," ujar Agus.

Namun, Agus mengatakan pihaknya belum melihat secara detail angka-angka realisasi investasi dan akan membahas lebih lanjut di Rapat Dewan Gubernur. "Nanti kita lihat angkanya dan kita telaah bersama-sama," kata Agus.

Sebelumnya, Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM) merilis realisasi investasi kuartal I 2014 yang mencapai Rp106,6 triliun. Walaupun tercatat sebagai realisasi tertinggi dari seluruh capaian setiap kuartal, angka tersebut tercatat melambat secara year on year (yoy) dari tahun sebelumnya.

Dari data yang dirilis BKPM tercatat peningkatan realisasi investasi kuartal I-2014 dibanding realisasi periode yang sama pada 2013 mencapai 14,6 persen. Sementara secara yoy pada kuartal I-2013 terjadi peningkatan sebesar 30,6 persen dibanding realisasi investasi periode sama 2012 sebesar Rp71,2 triliun.

Jakarta (B2B) -  Bank Indonesia Governor, Agus Martowardojo is optimistic that the countrys economic growth target that it had estimated between 5.5 and 5.9 percent in 2014 will be achieved despite slow investment realization in the first quarter.

"Actually the investment growth in 2013 did not contribute much. We have relied more on exports. So, although investment was not as strong as we hoped it would be, with domestic demand and exports, our economy could still grow between 5.5 and 5.9 percent," Agus Martowardojo stated at his office compound here on Friday.

He explained that the slow realization of investments in the first quarter of 2014 was still relatively normal. Corporations could not always invest every year, he added.

"Corporations cannot always invest every year. If a company wishes to expand it will only build a new factory in the next three years time," he pointed out.

Agus noted that he did not see realization figures in detail and will discuss them later in the board of governors meeting.

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has stated that realization of investment in the first quarter of 2014 reached Rp106.6 trillion. Although it was the highest quarterly record, it was a slow year-on-year compared to the previous year.

Realization of investment in the first quarter of 2014 rose 14.6 percent from the realization in the same period last year. Year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013 there was an increase of 30.6 percent from the realization of investment in 2012, which was recorded at Rp71.2 trillion.