Menkop Puspayoga Yakini Bunga KUR 12% Gairahkan Bisnis UKM
Indonesian Minister Believes Interest Rate of People´s Business Credit 12% Stimulate SMEs Business
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Koperasi dan Usaha Kecil Menengah Indonesia, AAGN Puspayoga meyakini penurunan bunga Kredit Usaha Rakyat (KUR) dari 22% menjadi 12% akan menggairahkan bisnis koperasi dan UKM di tengah melemahnya pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional.
"Kalau dulu UKM bayar bunga pinjaman 22 persen, sekarang 12 persen, berarti sudah ada untung 10 persen minimal. Saya tanya kepada para penerima KUR, pemilik warung Tegal, warung Padang dan minimal pekerja mereka tiga orang di satu warung. UKM memang menjadi backbone-nya ekonomi nasional," kata Menteri Puspayoga kepada pers di Jakarta belum lama ini saat meninjau Bank Mandiri cabang Melawai, dan kantor cabang utama BNI Melawai.
Puspayoga meyakini kebijakan penurunan bunga KUR dapat menggeliatkan ekonomi kerakyatan, terlebih lagi mulai tahun depan bunga KUR akan diturunkan menjadi sembilan persen.
"Kita harus pantau terus bagaimana kesiapan bank pelaksana, bagaimana animo masyarakat. Kita sudah keliling Indonesia di Sumatera, Sulawesi, di Jawa," katanya lagi.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Cooperatives and and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) AAGN Puspayoga believes interest rate reduction People's Business Credit or KUR of 22% to 12% will stimulate cooperative businesses and SMEs amid weak national economic growth.
"If SMEs pays 22 percent interest on the loan, now 12 percent, they have a profit of at least 10 percent. I asked to the recipients of KUR, food stall owners SMEs has become the backbone of the national economy," Minister Puspayoga told reporters in Jakarta recently while reviewing the Mandiri Bank branch of Melawai, and the branch of BNI Melawai.
Puspayoga believes KUR policy interest rate reduction can be stretched people's economy, especially starting next year KUR interest rate will be reduced to nine percent.
"We must continue to monitor how the readiness of banks, how the public interest. We have already visited Sumatra, Sulawesi and Java," he said.
