JAKARTA. The House of Representatives' budget committee revealed on Tuesday the results of its deliberation with the government on the draft state budget for 2018. The committee's chairman, Azis Syamsuddin, delivered the government's working program priorities and general direction of next year’s fiscal policy in the meeting attended by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and the ministry's high ranking officials. They agreed on macroeconomic assumptions that include an economic growth target of between 5.2 percent and 5.6 percent, an inflation rate of 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent and a rupiah exchange rate of between Rp 13,300 and Rp 13,500 per United States dollar.
Draft 2018 state budget reported to House of Rep
JAKARTA. The House of Representatives' budget committee revealed on Tuesday the results of its deliberation with the government on the draft state budget for 2018. The committee's chairman, Azis Syamsuddin, delivered the government's working program priorities and general direction of next year’s fiscal policy in the meeting attended by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and the ministry's high ranking officials. They agreed on macroeconomic assumptions that include an economic growth target of between 5.2 percent and 5.6 percent, an inflation rate of 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent and a rupiah exchange rate of between Rp 13,300 and Rp 13,500 per United States dollar.