"We forecast that the economic growth will lie in the range of 5.08 percent to 5.12 percent," Samuel Aset Manajemen economist Lana Soelistianingsih stated on Wednesday.
The market consensus has forecast that the 2018 economic growth will reach 5.1 percent year-on-year, lower than 5.4 percent assumed in the 2018 state budget.
In the first three quarters of 2018, the economic growth had averaged 5.17 percent yoy.
Soelistianingsih further noted that several US economic data, which showed a slowdown, had influenced the movement of the rupiah.
Earlier, the US manpower data also indicated a slowdown, but the slowdown has not become an indicator of the US economic slowdown towards the recession phase, he stated.
"Today, the rupiah is expected to move in the range of Rp13,970 to Rp14,010 per dollar," she added.
The rupiah rose 17 points to open at Rp13,945 per dollar as compared to Rp13,962 per dollar earlier.
Reporting by Citro Atmoko, Suharto
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