US$115,5 Miliar Cadangan Devisi BI Hingga Februari 2015
Indonesia`s Foreign Exchange Reserves Increase to US$115.5 Billion
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Jakarta (B2B) - Posisi cadangan devisa Indonesia akhir Februari 2015 tercatat 115,5 miliar dolar AS atau setara dengan Rp1.501,5 triliun (kurs Rp13.000 per dolar AS), naik 1,3 miliar dolar AS atau Rp169 triliun dari posisi akhir Januari 2015 sebesar 114,2 miliar atau Rp1.484,6 triliun.
"Peningkatan cadangan devisa tersebut terutama berasal dari devisa hasil ekspor migas bagian pemerintah yang melebihi pengeluaran untuk pembayaran utang luar negeri Pemerintah," kata Direktur Eksekutif Departemen Komunikasi BI Tirta Segara di Jakarta, Jumat.
Posisi cadangan devisa per akhir Februari 2015 tersebut dapat membiayai 7,0 bulan impor atau 6,8 bulan impor dan pembayaran utang luar negeri Pemerintah, serta berada di atas standar kecukupan internasional sekitar tiga bulan impor.
"Bank Indonesia menilai cadangan devisa tersebut mampu mendukung ketahanan sektor eksternal dan menjaga kesinambungan pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia ke depan," ujar Tirta.
Pada Januari 2015 lalu, cadangan devisa Indonesia juga meningkat dari 111,9 miliar dolar AS pada Desember 2014 menjadi 114,2 miliar dolar AS.
Saat itu, peningkatan cadangan devisa tersebut berasal dari penerbitan global bonds Pemerintah, simpanan deposito valuta asing bank-bank di Bank Indonesia, hasil ekspor migas Pemerintah, dan penerimaan Pemerintah lainnya dalam valuta asing yang melebihi pengeluaran untuk pembayaran utang luar negeri Pemerintah.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesias foreign exchange reserves increased, as of the end of February 2015, totaling US$115.5 billion, up by US$1.3 billion compared with the end of January, which stood at US$114.2 billion, the central bank said.
"The increase in the foreign exchange reserves is obtained from the governments oil and gas exports, which exceed payments of the governments external debts," Executive Director of Communications Department of Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank), Tirta Segara, said here on Friday.
The amount of foreign exchange reserves at the end of February could finance exports for seven months, or 6.8 months of imports and external debt payments. The amount is also greater than the international adequacy standards for some 3 months of imports.
"The BI is of the view that the foreign exchange reserves could support the external sectors resilience and maintain the continuity of Indonesias economic growth in the future," Segara said.
At the end of last January, Indonesias foreign exchange reserves also increased from US$111.9 billion to US$114.2 billion.
The increase last January was supported by the issuance of the governments bonds, foreign exchange deposits of foreign banks at BI and other government receipts in foreign exchange, which exceeded the governments spending on its external debts.
