Pemerintah Optimistis Pertumbuhan Ekonomi 2014 Capai 6%
Indonesian Gov`t Optimistic 2014 Economy to Grow 6%
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Koordinator Perekonomian, Hatta Rajasa mengatakan pemerintah optimistis pertumbuhan ekonomi tahun 2014 akan mencapai 6% meski Bank Indonesia telah menaikkan suku bunga acuan (BI Rate) menjadi 7,50%.
"Pemerintah akan menjaga penyerapan tenaga kerja dan penurunan kemiskinan tetap sesuai target dengan kebijakan perlindungan sosial dan insentif untuk tenaga kerja," kata Hatta Rajasa.
Menurutnya, melihat kondisi saat ini memang sulit untuk menjaga pertumbuhan ekonomi tidak terkoreksi. Pasalnya, pemerintah berupaya menekan defisit transaksi berjalan yang berdampak pada pertumbuhan karena menurunnya impor.
"Namun pemerintah tetap berupaya menjaga momentum pertumbuhan ekonomi, karena pertumbuhan yang tinggi akan meningkatkan penyerapan tenaga kerja," kata Hatta.
Jakarta (B2B) - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Hatta stated that the government is optimistic economic growth by 2014 will reach six percent although Bank Indonesia (BI) has raised its benchmark rate (BI Rate) to 7.50 percent.
"The government will maintain employment and lower poverty rate as to target along with policy of social protection and incentive for labor," Hatta Rajasa said.
According to him, seeing current condition, it is indeed difficult to maintain economic growth from being corrected. This is because the government attempts to suppress current account deficit which impact growth due to plummeting import.
"However, the government remains attempting to maintain economic growth momentum since high economic growth will improve employment rate," he said.
