JAKARTA - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati met with First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath, in a meeting held in Jakarta on Friday, June 20.
"At the end of my work agenda yesterday (20/6), I met @gita_gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (@the_imf). We discussed several important issues related to the Indonesian economy and the world," he said in a personal upload to the official Instagram account @smindrawati, Friday, June 20.
He explained that the meeting also discussed the major challenges that are being faced by all countries, including Indonesia and in the current global economic turmoil situation, there are various challenges such as supply chain disruption, higher for longer interest rate policy that is still ongoing, high inflation risk, and weakening the global economy.
"Maintaining each other's economic growth remains a big challenge for all countries in the world, as well as for Indonesia," he said.
Sri Mulyani emphasized that Indonesia continues to be vigilant with various global risks that have an impact on the national economy and the state budget continues to be managed carefully and wisely, people's purchasing power is protected through various stimuli to encourage household consumption.
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"In addition, Indonesia is also committed to keeping the deficit under control according to the limits stipulated in the APBN Law," he said.
According to him, these efforts were made so that development in Indonesia could continue despite various challenges that were not easy.
"We are optimistic, but remain vigilant," he said.
He hopes that the synergy between the government and all elements of society can maintain sustainable economic growth.
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