"The investment in the country has been systematically increasing."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said investment will replace public consumption as the main driver of economic growth next year.
He said investment would become the main source of Indonesia`s economic growth amid global economic uncertainties in Europe in 2013.
"This is for the first time investment will become the source of economic growth which would contribute bigger than the public consumption," the finance minister on Friday.
The finance minister`s confidence that the investment sector will become the main driver of the nation`s economic growth next year based on the fact that investment in the country has continued to increase every year.
"The investment in the country has been systematically increasing since 2008-2009 up to now," Agus said. Yet, he could not yet predict the percentage the investment will contribute to the economic growth.
"It should be seen first before it is made public but (we hope) the investment would grow over 10 percent," the finance minister explained.
Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said the investment sector would become the main driver of the economic growth in 2013. The government is convinced investment will give bigger contribution to the nation`s economy in 2013 than other sectors such as government expenditure or public consumption.
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