Bank Indonesia: Inflasi 2013 Diperkirakan Capai 7,9%
Bank Indonesia: Inflation Could Rise to 7,9%
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bank Indonesia (BI) mengatakan, inflasi Indonesia bisa melonjak hingga 7,9% akibat dari kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) bersubsidi.
Direktur Eksekutif Kebijakan Ekonomi dan Moneter BI Dody Budi Waluyo mengatakan dampak langsung dan tidak langsung dari minggu terakhir `kenaikan harga BBM terhadap inflasi 2.54%,
Kecuali masalah tersebut ditangani serius, inflasi tahun ini bisa mencapai 7,9 persen melebihi pemerintah `s estimasi 7,2 persen, kata Dody di Jakarta, Senin (24/6).
Dampak dari kenaikan harga BBM bersubsidi akan berlangsung selama tiga bulan terutama terhadap biaya transportasi umum.
Dody mengatakan pemerintah perlu untuk mengatur tarif angkutan untuk mengendalikan inflasi.
Bank sentral telah mengambil langkah-langkah dalam upaya untuk mengekang inflasi dengan menaikkan suku bunga acuan (BI rate) dari 5,7% menjadi 6% pada awal bulan ini bahkan sebelum pemerintah mengumumkan kenaikan harga BBM.
Pemerintah memperkirakan kenaikan harga BBM akan meningkatkan inflasi 7,2% tahun ini dari target semula sekitar 6%.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Central Bank (Bank Indonesia/BI) said Indonesian inflation could surge to as high as 7.9 percent as a result of the rise in the prices of subsidized oil fuels.
Direct and indirect impact of last weeks` oil fuel price hike on inflation is 2.54 percent, Executive Director of Economic and Monetary Policy of the central bank Dody Budi Waluyo said here on Monday.
Unless the problem is seriously addressed, inflation this year could reach 7.9 percent exceeding the government`s estimate of 7.2 percent, Dody said.
The impact of the increase in the prices of subsidized oil fuels would last for three months notably in the public transport cost.
Dody said the government needs to regulate the transport tariff to control inflation.
The central bank itself has taken steps in a bid to curb inflation by raising its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) from 5.7 percent to 6 percent earlier this month even before the government announced the oil fuel price hikes.
The government has predicted the oil fuel price hikes would push up the country`s inflation to only 7.2 percent this year from the original target of around 6 percent.
