BI Optimistic That Indonesia Becomes A Investment Destination Country

Bank Indonesia (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (BI) expressed Indonesia's economic resilience amid the continued uncertainty of the global financial market, is the main key to developing investment in the country.

This is supported by the projected economic growth in 2025 which is still solid in the range of 4.7 percent to 5.5 percent, maintained inflation rate, exchange rate stability, accompanied by high foreign exchange reserves, which also strengthens the optimism of Indonesia's positive prospects in the eyes of world investors.

Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo said that his party is committed to maintaining stability and encouraging economic growth in order to increase optimism and investor confidence that will support capital flows in order to maintain stability and availability of development financing towards sustainable economic growth.

"Indonesia has consistently become one of the investment destination countries with strong economic fundamentals, let's invest in Indonesia," he said in his statement Friday, January 24.

Perry said there are three important things that need attention from economic actors in responding to the current dynamics of global economic development and financial markets.

The first thing, according to him, is that the global economy and financial markets will still be filled with various uncertainties and volatility caused by the slowdown and divergence of global growth.

Then, the dynamics of supply chains and trade policies of developed countries that can affect global inflation, the high yield of US Government bonds, the strong USD exchange rate and the dynamics of capital flows from developed countries to developing countries.

Perry conveyed the second focus, namely responding to this, in establishing an investment strategy, investors need to look at various scenarios so that investment decisions can be made in a measured manner.

According to Perry, the third focus is optimizing the use of technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), to assist the investment decision-making process.

"The call to invest is further strengthened by optimizing Bank Indonesia's synergy with the Asta Cita Pemerintah program which is carried out in national policy mix measures," he said.

Furthermore, Perry said that there are various choices of assets that can be considered by global investors, including Government Securities and Bank Indonesia securities in the form of Bank Indonesia Rupiah Securities (SRBI), Bank Indonesia Securities (SVBI), and Bank Indonesia Sukuk Valas (SUVBI).