BI Perkirakan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi 2015 Cenderung Dekati Batas Bawah
Indonesian Central Bank Predicts Downward Trend in Economic Growth
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia memperkirakan pertumbuhan ekonomi pada 2015 mendatang cenderung mendekati batas bawah perkiraan BI sebelumnya 5,4% hingga 5,8%.
Deputi Gubernur BI Hendar di Jakarta, Kamis, mengatakan, perekonomian Indonesia ke depan masih akan cukup baik, seiring dengan keberanian pemerintah menaikkan harga Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) bersubsidi. Namun, hal tersebut masih tergantung kepada penggunaan realokasi anggaran subsidi BBM itu sendiri.
Selain itu, Hendar juga mengharapkan perekonomian global pada 2015 lebih baik dibandingkan tahun ini kendati masih terdapat sejumlah tantangan.
"Dengan background (latar belakang) seperti itu, kami akan memastikan bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi 2014 akan berada dalam kisaran 5,4 persen," ujarnya.
Pemerintah sendiri dalam APBN 2015 menargetkan pertumbuhan ekonomi sebesar 5,8 persen, berada di batas atas perkiraan BI.
Sebelumnya Ketua Umum Ikatan Bankir Indonesia (IBI) Zulkifli Zaini menuturkan, untuk mencapai pertumbuhan ekonomi sebesar 5,8 persen diperlukan setidaknya minimal pertumbuhan kredit tiga kali dari besaran pertumbuhan ekonomi atau 17,4 persen.
OJK sendiri mengarahkan pertumbuhan kredit industri perbankan sebesar 15-17 persen pada 2015 mendatang.
Sementara itu, Kepala Ekonom BTN A Prasetiantoko menilai, Indonesia dapat mencapai pertumbuhan yang lebih tinggi jika defisit transaksi berjalan dapat dikelola lebih baik setidaknya di bawah 3 persen. (Ant)
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian central bank has forecast that the countrys economic growth in 2015 will show a downward trend, even lower than BIs estimate of 5.4-5.8 percent.
The central banks deputy governor Hendar remarked here on Thursday that Indonesias economy would continue to remain favorable in the future following the governments bold decision to increase the price of subsidized fuel oils.
He, however, pointed out that it would all still be determined by the reallocation of fuel subsidy funds.
Hendar expressed hope that the global economy in 2015 would be better than this year, despite several lingering challenges.
"Under the current circumstances, we can assure that the countrys economy would grow around 5.4 percent in 2014," he affirmed.
The government has set a growth target of 5.8 percent in the 2015 budget, which is above BIs prediction.
Zulkifli Zaini, the general chairman of the Indonesian Bankers Association, has noted that in order to achieve 5.8 percent growth minimally, a credit growth of 17.4 percent, or three times the economic growth, would be needed.
The Financial Service Authority (OJK) has projected banking credit growth of 15 to 17 percent for 2015.
A. Prasentiantoko, the chief economist of state-owned Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN), stated that Indonesia could achieve higher growth if the current account deficit could be better managed to stay under three percent.
