Dasar tolol, segala ocehan "angin sorga" dicaplok begitu aja. Emangnya ga punya mata unt ngeliat apa yg tjd di Indonesia? Kayaknya mata lu ini cuma dipake unt ngeliat pantat orang yg nungging2 di depan lu atau unt ngeliat bola sambil berkhayal unt menang judi.
>________________________________ > From: rezameutia <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:03 PM >Subject: [proletar] Will Indonesia Replace India in the BRICs? > > > > >ini tulisan John Hyde MLA, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Interests. > >[...] > >With a population of about 240 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous >nation, the world's third biggest democracy and home to a rapidly expanding >middle-class. The International Monetary Fund projects Indonesia will achieve >one of the fastest growth rates of the world's 18 largest economies between >2009-2015, outstripping even the powerhouse economies of Brazil, Russia, India >and China. > >===== > >Will Indonesia Replace India in the BRICs? >By: Gauri Bhatia >Features Editor, CNBC Asia > >As India fails to deliver on its promise of growth, a smaller Asian country >Indonesia, finds itself in a position to lure investors away from the third >largest economy in the region with higher stock market returns, better fiscal >management and lower inflation. > >"Indonesia looks like it has hit the sweet spot, whereas India is nursing a >headache from its latest boom," says Frederic Neumann, Co-Head of Asian >Economic Research at HSBC. > >While the two economies aren't similar in terms of size, with India's >population of 1.2 billion and Indonesia's at 240 million, the countries share >many similarities, leading to comparisons. Both have a burgeoning consumer >base and are democracies with an investment grade rating. > >India's economy has hit a rough spot with the slowest pace of growth in three >years with the government unable to deliver on economic reforms. On the other >hand, Indonesia has won favor with investors over the past few years. > >That's leading Neumann and others to call for Indonesia to be included in the >lineup of top global emerging markets. "The term BRICs really misses out on >some of the key developments of our time. Indonesia has solid public finances, >strong growth, a burgeoning consumer market, and plenty of resources to keep >the economy afloat for many years," says Neumann. > >On the other hand, India, according to Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill, the man who >coined the term in 2001, is the BRIC that has disappointed. Late last year >O'Neill said that India's poor record on productivity, foreign direct >investment (FDI) and policy reform had made it the most disappointing among >the four biggest developing economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China. > >For example, India's fiscal deficit target of 5.1 percent is wider than those >of its BRIC peers. Its forecast deficit is more than four times Brazil's >estimated 2012 budget gap of 1.2 percent of output. > >"It is difficult to see how India can turn around in the short term. It could >in the next couple of years, but that is an eternity from investors' point of >view, " says Neumann. > >He adds that investors have already voted with their feet taking money out of >India. The latest evidence of this was in the month of April when offshore >investors withdrew some $403 million out of Indian equities and bonds, >according to Reuters data. > >While it is difficult to estimate how much of India's loss has been >Indonesia's gain, market watchers say many investors have been increasingly >looking at Indonesia as an alternative to India. > >"To a large extent investor interest has moved to Indonesia," Robert >Prior-Wandesford, Director, Asian Economics at Credit Suisse told CNBC. >"Indonesia's equity market is hugely better than that of India and in part at >the cost of India." > >While the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was the worst performing major global >index in 2011 falling almost 25 percent, the Jakarta Composite Index [.JKSE >3980.50 -65.15 (-1.61%) ]gained over three percent. > >Besides delivering better returns, Indonesia is also catching up with India >when it comes to economic growth. India's gross domestic product (GDP) is >expected to expand at just under 7 percent in the current fiscal year, which >began April 1, while Indonesia is expected to deliver 6 to 7 percent growth >over the next couple of years, say analysts. > >Even on trade, Indonesia scores over India. According to brokerage CLSA's >latest forecast Indonesia's current account deficit in 2012 will be just 0.8 >percent of GDP, while India's will come in at around 3.9 percent. > >Rajeev Malik, Senior Economist at CLSA, says in Indonesia's case, net Foreign >Direct Investment (FDI) will offset the current account deficit. In India's >case, he points out, an estimated net FDI inflow of $15-20 billion will be >well short of the current account deficit. > >"They are doing better although they are not as big an economy as India," he >says. > >Credit Suisse's Wandesford says Indonesia reminds him of India three to four >years ago, when there was a huge euphoria over the growth opportunity it >offered foreign investors and companies. "In 2005-2008 India could do no >wrong, now it is Indonesia." > >India, which was awarded an investment grade rating by Standard and Poor's in >2007 is now under threat of losing it, with the ratings agency last month >downgrading its credit outlook to negative. By contrast, both Fitch and >Moody's upgraded Indonesia to investment grade in December and January, >respectively. > >Size Matters > >But despite the growing pessimism around India, most experts feel that it is >not time yet to write off a country of a billion-plus people, if on nothing >else than its sheer size. > >Some argue that while there is a case for Indonesia to join the BRICs, it >shouldn't be at the cost of India as they both have different comparative >advantages. While one is a commodity economy, the other is a services oriented >one and an investor, for example, can't completely replicate his menu of >Indian stocks in Indonesia, say analysts. > >"BRIC investors have a 20-year horizon and India will finally deliver in the >long term," says Neumann. > >By CNBC's Gauri Bhatia > >http://www.cnbc.com/id/47423993 > >© 2012 CNBC.com > >================ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! 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