KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Bank Indonesia has announced that the current account deficit increased to US$31.1 billion, 2.98 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), in 2018 from the previous year, which stood at $17.29 billion, 1.7 percent of GDP. “The current account deficit was still within safe limits, amounting to $31.1 billion or 2.98 percent of GDP,” said BI spokesman Agusman over the weekend in a statement. The current account deficit saw a jump in the fourth quarter of 2018 at $9.1 billion (3.57 percent of GDP), higher than the deficit in the previous quarter of $8.6 billion, 3.28 percent of GDP, said Agusman.
Current account deficit recorded at 2.98 percent of GDP in 2018
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Bank Indonesia has announced that the current account deficit increased to US$31.1 billion, 2.98 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), in 2018 from the previous year, which stood at $17.29 billion, 1.7 percent of GDP. “The current account deficit was still within safe limits, amounting to $31.1 billion or 2.98 percent of GDP,” said BI spokesman Agusman over the weekend in a statement. The current account deficit saw a jump in the fourth quarter of 2018 at $9.1 billion (3.57 percent of GDP), higher than the deficit in the previous quarter of $8.6 billion, 3.28 percent of GDP, said Agusman.