Fiscal from the
side , the government implementing the national budget which is good enough
with a little expansive although still extremely cautious . It is visible from
the deficit in the 2009 draft state budget amounting to rp 99,6 trillion or 1.9
percent of gdp compass ( august 15 , 2008 ) , although the national budget
deficit can still be tolerated up until about 3 % ( based on ) the golden rule
. In 2009 , the budget for capital expenditures reached rp 90,7 trillion times
more massive than goods expenditure rp 76.4 trillion ( compass august 15 in
2008 . Total expenditure the government on in 2009 of rp1.022,6 trillion expected
more to stimulate economic growth above to reach the target of 6.5 % . The
government also in 2009 planning to give incentives are four kinds of fiscal (
i ) exemption or the reduction of income tax pph ) ( badan in number and a
specified time to investors who was a pioneer of the industry. (ii) tax relief
of Earth and building (PBB), especially for certain business areas in a
particular region or area. (iii) the release or suspension of value added tax
(VAT) on imports of capital goods or machines as well as equipment for the
purposes of production which could not be produced within the country during a
specific time period. (iv) the Government change the treatment of VAT taxable
goods over some of the strategic nature of the original% u201Ddibebaskan% u201D
became not withheld or borne by the Government.
From side monetary bank indonesia with instrument bi-rate
successful enough to control inflation , especially its core inflation since bi
rate applied in 2005 . Inflation caused by of the increase of energy and
disruption of the distribution mainly due to the boost of gas , premium , solar
and food ( volatile food ) making 2008 the inflation rate is high which is to
august 2008 was 9.4 percent and inflation august 2007-agustus 2008 reached
11,85 percent .
Facing this is to anticipate the central bank to raise the
bi rate on recent months until september 2008 , and now the bi rate has reached
9.25 percent . The high bi rate is expected to reduce inflation but on the
other side of the real sector because it will affect the increase in the bi
rate to be against the increasing the interest rate loans at commercial banks .
