Bank Indonesia Director for Research and Monetary Policy Affairs Perry Warjiyo said here on Thursday that in the third quarter of this year the country`s economy would grew by 6.6 percent while in the fourth it would grow by 6.7 percent.
"So, the country`s economic growth for this is estimated 6.6 percent," he said.
Earlier, BI Governor Darmin Nasution said Indonesia`s economy mignt grow between 6.4 and 6.8 percent this year, better than the previously projected 6.1 to 6.6 percent,
For 2012 the growth figure was expected to reach between 6.4 percent and 6.9 percent, he said here on Tuesday.
The growth rate in the third quarter which is expected to reach 6.6 percent was driven by consumption and investment, he said.
He said growth centers in the country had spread in line with increasing investment and solid export performance.
Sectorally, he said, the main driver of growth in the future would be transportation and communication, trade, hotel and restaurant and industry.
The central bank`s deputy governor, Budi Mulia, meanwhile said foreign investment was projected to reach US$16.7 billion this year or bigger than US$13 billion in 2010. Foreign investment in portfolios meanwhile was estimated to reach US$11 billion.
"The total value of foreign investment has increased phenomenally and will affect imports of capital goods," Budi said.
(Uu.A014/H-NG)
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