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Buletin Nasional . Indonesia's economic health and investment climate are believed to be maintained and conducive in 2019. The reason is that the current account deficit (CAD) is projected to decline. While the flow of investment funds from within and outside the country will remain strong. Chief Economist of PT Bank Mandiri Tbk (BMRI) Anton Gunawan stated, the effect of global sentiment is that the flow of foreign investor funds tends to be limited. However, the health of the Indonesian economy is still quite good. He projected, in 2019 Indonesia's economic growth could still grow 5-5.1 percent and the inflation rate ranged from 4.5 percent. "In terms of CAD it should, it could improve next year. Well, in terms of financial markets even though challenges still exist because the normalization of the Federal Reserve (Fed) has only ended in 2020, but lately there has been a reversal of investor funds," Anton said in during the Indonesia Investment Conference Exhibition ...

Poros Nasional . Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto criticized Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves (cadev) which were smaller than Singapore. Even though the state of Singapore is much smaller than Indonesia. Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves stood at US $ 115.2 billion at the end of October 2018. Meanwhile, Singapore's foreign exchange reserves were at the level of US $ 290 billion. "Our foreign exchange reserves are also ranked 17 in 2017. This is very worrying. Singapore with a smaller size not even bigger than one district in Indonesia can be bigger," Prabowo said at the Indonesia Economic Forum at Shangri-La Hotel, Central Jakarta. On Wednesday (11/21/2018). Prabowo also mentioned that Indonesian oil palm plantations were far larger than those of neighboring countries. These superior export commodity products should be able to contribute more foreign exchange. "Our palm oil plantation is bigger than Singapore. Indonesian leaders must...