The Coordinating Ministry For The Economy Is Optimistic That Economic Growth In 2023 Will Be Maintained By Utilizing Demographic Bonuses

Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Susiwijono Moegiarso. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Susiwijono Moegiarso is optimistic that national economic growth in 2023 will be maintained amidst the slowdown in the global economy by utilizing the demographic bonus. with the current peak of the demographic bonus that Indonesia has and can only be felt once in every history of a nation, the government encourages to take advantage of this opportunity to get out of the middle income trap and become a high-income country. "We must reduce the poverty rate with various programs that we are running, as well as improve the quality of human resources," said Susiwijono at the 2023 POLRI PROPAM Technical Working Meeting in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Friday, March 3.

In addition, the government is also optimistic that the economy will remain resilient amid the risks of global slowdown due to the lifting of the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) which is expected to increase community mobility. In addition, global investment that has entered has the potential to increase, especially with various natural resources downstream programs.

"President Jokowi continues to encourage the downstreaming of natural resources, the ban on the export of natural resources, the balance surplus of payments and trade balance, utilizing demographic bonuses, digitization. Then the Job Creation Law that we are currently pushing," he said., in mitigating transmission from rising global commodity prices, the government carried out various extra efforts to control inflation in the Central Inflation Control Team (TPIP) forum and the Regional Inflation Control Team (TPID) through pricing affordability policy strategies, supply availability, smooth distribution, and effective communication. "Our inflation is the largest contribution from food. Therefore, all K/L friends and from the Police as one of the National Inflation Control Team, together with the Regional Government, control inflation control as one of the keys to our economic growth," he added.