BI: Cadangan Devisa Relatif Stabil pada US$93 Miliar
BI: Indonesia`s Foreign Exchange Reserves Relatively Stable at US$93 Billion
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia (BI) melaporkan bahwa cadangan devisa sampai akhir Agustus 2013 sebesar 93 miliar dolar AS, relatif stabil dibanding posisi akhir Juli 2013 yang sebesar 92,7 miliar dolar AS.
Siaran pers BI di Jakarta, Jumat, menyebutkan, posisi cadangan devisa tersebut setara dengan 5,0 bulan impor dan pembayaran utang luar negeri pemerintah. Jika hanya untuk keperluan impor, posisi cadangan devisa tersebut setara dengan 5,2 bulan impor.
BI menilai jumlah cadangan devisa tersebut masih cukup untuk menghadapi tekanan pada neraca pembayaran.
Namun demikian, masih tingginya tekanan dan ketidakpastian perekonomian global ke depan memerlukan langkah-langkah antisipasi baik dengan penguatan respon, bauran kebijakan maupun ketahanan dalam menghadapi gejolak eksternal, termasuk bantalan kecukupan cadangan devisa secara berlapis ("second line of defense").
Dalam kaitan itu, BI telah menandatangani perpanjangan Bilateral Swap Agreement (BSA) dengan Bank of Japan sebagai agen Menteri Keuangan Jepang sebesar 12 miliar dolar AS yang berlaku efektif 31 Agustus 2013.
Pembahasan untuk kerjasama serupa juga sedang dilakukan dengan bank-bank sentral di kawasan lain.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesia`s foreign exchange reserves have been relatively stable until the end of August, standing at US$93 billion, up from US$92.7 billion in July, according to Bank Indonesia.
The reserves are sufficient for five months of imports and payment of government foreign debts but if they are compared to imports only they are equal to 5.2 months of imports, said the central bank in a press release received here on Friday.
It said the reserves are enough to meet pressure on the balance of payment.
It however said that continuing heavy pressure and global economic uncertainty would require good anticipatory measures through combination of policies and resilience to meet external upheavals including second line of defense.
In connection with that it said Bank Indonesia has signed the extension of its bilateral swap agreement with Bank of Japan as an agent of the Japanese finance ministry worth US$12 billion and effective as of August 31.
Talks on similar agreement are still being made with other central banks of the region, it said.
