US$97 Miliar, Cadangan Devisa Indonesia di Akhir Oktober 2013
Indonesia`s Forex Last October were US$97 Billion
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Kamis, 07 November 2013
Foto: msn.com

Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia menyatakan jumlah cadangan devisa Indonesia pada akhir Oktober 2013 mencapai US$97,0 miliar, meningkat US$1,3 miliar dari posisi akhir September 2013 sebesar US$95,7 miliar dolar AS.

Berdasarkan keterangan di laman BI, posisi cadangan devisa tersebut setara dengan 5,5 bulan impor atau setara dengan 5,3 bulan impor dan pembayaran utang luar negeri Pemerintah.

Bank Indonesia memandang jumlah tersebut cukup aman untuk mendukung ketahanan sektor eksternal dan berada di atas standar kecukupan internasional.

Peningkatan jumlah cadangan devisa pada Oktober 2013 didorong oleh penerimaan dari ekspor migas bagian pemerintah.

Seiring dengan kenaikan cadangan devisa tersebut, respon positif pelaku pasar terhadap kebijakan yang ditempuh Bank Indonesia dan Pemerintah telah mendorong aliran masuk modal asing ke instrumen SBI (Sertifikat Bank Indonesia) dan SBN (Surat Berharga Negara) yang pada gilirannya berkontribusi pada meredanya tekanan nilai tukar rupiah di Oktober 2013.


Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian central bank (Bank Indonesia/BI) has announced that the countrys foreign exchange reserves last October were US$97 billion, an increase of US$1.3 billion over September.

The BI said on its website on Wednesday that the amount of the foreign exchange was equal to 5.5 months imports, or 5.3 months import plus the governments debt installment.

BI said this amount was enough to support the resilience of the external sector and above the international adequacy standard.

The increase in foreign exchange in October 2013 was boosted by oil and gas exports that belonged to the government.

Market players positive responses to policies adopted by BI and the government has also helped boost the flow of foreign investment in Bank Indonesia Certificates (SBI) and State securities (SBN). This contributed to a slackening of the pressures on the Rupiah exchange rate against the US dollar.

In the meantime, foreign and domestic investments in the country during the July-September 2013 period reached Rp100 trillion, the largest amount ever recorded by Indonesia in its quarterly investment history, the investment coordinating board said last week.
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