Neraca Transaksi Berjalan Kuartal III Defisit 3,7% dari PDB
Indonesia Current Account in Q3 Deficit by 3.7% from GDP
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia (BI) mengumumkan bahwa neraca transaksi berjalan kuartal III 2013 tercatat defisit 3,7% dari Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB), turun dari kuartal II defisit 4,4% dari PDB.
Gubernur Bank Indonesia, Agus DW Martowardojo mengatakan defisit kuartal III tersebut lebih tinggi dibandingkan proyeksi BI sebelumnya yang ada di kisaran 3,3%-3,5%.
"Defisit neraca transaksi berjalan pada kuartal III 2013 secara nominal sudah sesuai dengan proyeksi BI, tetapi karena PDB tercatat lebih kecil, maka persentase defisit menjadi lebih besar yaitu 3,7%.
Menurutnya, defisit yang masih cukup besar tersebut karena tingginya impor minyak.
Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia (BI) says current account in the third quarter of 2013 was recorded to be deficit by 3.7 percent from gross domestic product (GDP), lower than the second quarter’s 4.4 percent of GDP.
BI’s Governor Agus DW Martowardojo said deficit in the third quarter is higher than BI’s earlier projection of 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
"Nominal-wise current account deficit in the third quarter of 2013 has met BI’s projection; however, since GDP was recorded lower, deficit percentage became higher—3.7 percent.
According to him, deficit is quite large due to high oil importation.
