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Jan 26, 2016 22:00 JST
Bank Indonesia: Stimulus Put Economy on Track to Recovery
JAKARTA, Jan 26, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - A combination of four monetary stimulus policies has put the country's economy on track to recovery, a Bank Indonesia executive said here on Monday.
"The process of recovery even began in the third quarter of 2015," said Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Perry Warjiyo.
Perry estimated that in the last quarter of 2015, the country's economy grew 4.9 percent after a growth of less than 4.75 percent in the previous three quarters.
The country's economy grew 4.7 percent in the first quarter of 2015, by 4.67 percent in the second quarter and 4.72 percent in the third quarter. He said the economy is expected to expand by at least 5.2 percent in 2016.
"Growth has been recorded in a number of major sectors such as construction, transportation and the electricity sector," he noted.
He said the cut after 11 months in Bank Indonesia benchmark interest rate (BI rate) from 7.5 percent to 7.25 percent completed the three fiscal stimulus policies announced by the government earlier.
The first three stimulus' were in fiscal policy, giving priority in budget allocation to productive sector, structural reform by abolishing the oil fuel subsidy, and relaxation by the central bank of the minimum reserve requirement and loan to deposit ratio (GWM LDR).
"Certainly, a surge is not to be expected in growth. But we are confident there would a steady growth. It think it is 5.2 percent this year," he said.
He did not rule out further relaxation of the monetary policy, either a cut in interest rate or in liquidity, provided that external pressure would recede and the country's economy remained on track.
He said a number of indicators that could determine the direction of monetary policy are improving such as inflation, which is predicted to be around 4.3 percent this year.
The oil price fall would also have positive impact on the administered price of goods.
"The country's current account deficit is estimated to be around 2.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. It is still safe below 3 percent," he said.
The economic recovery would also contribute to rupiah stability, he said, adding he was confident rupiah value would be stable in the first half in 2016 and would regain lost value in the second half.
The government and Bank Indonesia set macro indicator targets with inflation at 4.3 percent, economic growth at 5.2-5.6 percent and rupiah value at the level of 13,900 per U.S. dollar. --Antara.
Sectors: Daily Finance, Daily News
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