Airlangga Optimistic That Indonesia's Economy Will Grow 5.3 Percent In 2023, Here's The Calculation

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto is optimistic that Indonesia's economy will grow 5.3 percent throughout 2023.

"We hope that our development target, growth at the end of this political year can reach 5.3 percent. We are optimistic that economic growth can continue to be maintained in 2023 and of course become a momentum for recovery in 2023," Airlangga said quoting Antara.

The economy in the future is expected to remain strong, supported by several positive economic indicators, such as the Consumer Confidence Index (IKK) which is still above 100 and shows public optimism, which is 123.3 in March 2023.

In addition, Indonesia's Manufacturing PMI also rose to the level of 52.7 in April 2023 from the previous 51.9.

"We also succeeded in reducing annual inflation at 4.33 percent in April or down from 4.97 percent in March. Of course, the movement of the Central Inflation Control Team (TPIP) which was run with BI gave positive results, especially during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr," he also said.

In addition, from the external side, transactions are still recording a surplus, foreign exchange reserves reached 145.2 billion US dollars, and the trade balance continued to surplus for 35 consecutive months.

To achieve the economic growth target of 5.3 percent in 2023, Airlangga said that in the short term the government will make revisions to keep Foreign Exchange Export Results (DHE) domestically.

"We need these rules because the United States is still increasing its benchmark interest rate. If we don't take this step, there is the potential for a capital flight to have an impact on the stability of the rupiah. So that the DHE rules will be launched in the near future," he said again.