Maintaining Deficit Below 3 Percent, Purbaya Believes Economy 2026 Reaches 6 Percent

Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadive answered reporters' questions when met at the Run For Good Journalism 2025 by the Pemred Forum in Jakarta, Sunday (16/11/2025). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadive believes that Indonesia's economic growth in 2026 will grow higher, which is at six percent.

"I estimate it will grow even faster, maybe in the range of six percent," he said, when quoted by Antara in Jakarta, Sunday, November 16.

This optimism, according to him, is because the current government has implemented many policies that are able to encourage economic progress.

"So, it seems that if the current policies continue to be implemented properly, we are in the right direction," he said again.

For the fourth quarter of 2025, said Purbaya, economic growth was in the range of 5.7 percent, and ensured that the Indonesian economy would continue to grow by keeping the fiscal deficit below three percent.

"The deficit is still safe, we keep it below three percent, so don't be afraid. I violate the principle of prudence in fiscal management," he said.

Previously, Purbaya stated that the realization of economic growth in the third quarter of 2025 which was recorded at 5.04 percent showed that the APBN was managed effectively.

Overall, the momentum of economic growth has a positive impact on job creation of 1.9 million people.

The number of unemployed fell by 4,000 people to 7.46 million compared to August 2024, so that the open unemployment rate (TPT) fell from 4.91 percent in August 2024 to 4.85 percent in August 2025.

In terms of domestic demand, household consumption grew 4.89 percent (yoy), along with increasing population mobility, growth in digital transactions, and support for government policies.

Meanwhile, government consumption grew 5.49 percent by spending on goods and personnel expenditures, each grew 19.3 percent and 9.0 percent was a form of the government's commitment to maintain the momentum of economic growth and support purchasing power through acceleration and optimization of spending.

On the other hand, investment or establishment of gross fixed capital (PMTB) grew 5.04 percent (yoy) supported by the confidence of business actors in the national economic outlook and the government's commitment to creating a stable business climate and supporting business expansion.