Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said that currently Indonesia's economic growth is the second highest among the G20 countries. Indonesia's second position after Saudi Arabia. For information, the G20 members include South Africa, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Russia, France, China, Turkey and European Union. "Indonesia's external factors are still very strong. So that Indonesia is not included in a country that is vulnerable to financial problems. Even among the G20 countries, Indonesia is the country with the second highest economic growth after Saudi Arabia. So, in terms of external factors, Indonesia is safe," he said. Airlangga in a press statement submitted via the Presidential Secretariat YouTube, Tuesday (11/10/2022).
Airlangga also said that Indonesia's internal economic strength is also believed to be quite strong. He also believes that Indonesia's economic growth next year will reach 4.8% to 5.2%. This was conveyed by Airlangga to emphasize that the Indonesian economy is quite strong. Not even included in the 28 countries on the list of IMF aid patients. "The President also said that the IMF has 28 countries that have entered to receive IMF assistance and 14 have entered the 14th in the process. And of course it is bigger than the crisis in 98 where the crisis in 98 was in several ASEAN countries," said Airlangga.
