Published: 17:00, September 4, 2024
Agreement reached on Indonesia 2025 budget assumptions, set for parliament vote
By Reuters
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right), confers with Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto during the ceremony marking Indonesia's 79th anniversary of independence at the new presidential palace in its future capital of Nusantara, a city still under construction on the island of Borneo, Saturday, Aug 17, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

JAKARTA - An Indonesian parliamentary committee and the government have reached agreement on key economic assumptions for 2025 for the new administration led by Prabowo Subianto, who takes office next month, the budget committee's chair said on Wednesday.

Most of the budget assumptions in the original 2025 proposal by outgoing President Joko Widodo were approved, except for the rupiah exchange rate against the dollar, 10-year bond yield and oil-lifting target, committee chair Said Abdullah told Reuters.

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A wider parliamentary vote is needed to approve the 2025 budget, likely later this month or in October, but the committee's endorsement is usually passed.

The assumption for the rupiah in 2025 was slightly strengthened to 16,000 per dollar from 16,100. The target for oil lifting was raised from to 605,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 600,000 bpd.

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The government and committee also agreed to lower the 10-year bond yield target to 7 percent from 7.1 percent. The changes were made to better reflect current economic conditions and future prospects, the government explained.

The remaining key budget assumptions were unchanged, with the GDP growth target kept at 5.2 percent and inflation at 2.5 percent.

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The forecast for average Indonesian crude price is $82 per barrel, and natural gas lifting was seen at 1.005 million barrels of oil equivalents per day (BOEPD).

Revenues were tentatively agreed at 3,005.13 trillion rupiah ($194 billion) while spending was seen at 3,621.31 trillion rupiah. The 2025 budget deficit forecast was maintained at 2.53 percent of GDP, a narrowing from an expected 2.7 percent gap in 2024.