INILAH.COM, Jakarta - Pemerintah akan tetap menerapkan kebijakan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) ASEAN-China sesuai dengan komitmen.
FTA ASEAN-China akan mulai diterapkan pada awal Januari 2010. "Indonesia akan tetap melaksanaakaan komitmennya sesuai perjanjian," ujar Wakil Menteri Perdagangan Mahendra Siregar di Gedung Departemen Keuangan, Selasa (15/12). Hal ini juga dipertegas pernyataan Kepala Badan Kebijakan Fiskal Anggito Abimanyu. "Pada 1 Januari tetap jalan, menkeu diminta untuk menjalankan komitmennya," ujar Anggito pada tempat yang sama. ..................................................................................................................... Mahendra menyatakan, dengan adanya FTA tidak melulu pelaku usaha dirugikan. "Yang diuntungkan itu ada, resources base dan agro base," pungkasnya. --- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, Vernichtung <gambler....@...> wrote: > > December 16, 2009 > > Berni Moestafa & Achmad Sukarsono > Indonesian Stocks Picked to Soar in 2010 > > The Jakarta Composite Index may climb 32 percent next year after > outperforming Asia's biggest stock markets in 2009, as companies raise debt > to expand amid a pickup in economic growth, Credit Suisse Group AG has > predicted. > > The JCI is set to rise to 3,300 by the end of 2010, led by consumer, > infrastructure and natural resources stocks, said Arief Wana, director of > equity research at PT Credit Suisse Securities Indonesia, the local unit of > the Swiss bank. > > The JCI gained 1.11 percent on Wednesday to close near its 2009 highs. The > index has risen 84 percent this year, beating the region's 10 biggest stock > markets, as domestic spending helped boost the economy. > > Companies are expanding on signs that demand will improve as economic growth > accelerates. The central bank has forecast that the economy will grow 5.5 > percent in 2010, up from an estimated 4.3 percent this year. > > "We're bullish on Indonesia," Arief said. "As we believe that Indonesia is > entering into a higher growth phase, the companies' much stronger balance > sheets should be able to sustain a high rate of return on equity." > > The index has gained 6.4 percent since Arief said on Aug. 31 that it may > rise to 2,685 points by end of 2010. > > Arief said he likes PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, Indonesia's biggest instant > noodle maker, and PT United Tractors, the nation's largest seller of heavy > equipment, which also mines coal. > > His recommendations on Indofood and United Tractors produced the best total > returns based on the stocks' gains over the past year compared with other > analysts, according to Bloomberg data. > > Domestic bank lending may rise 15 percent next year from less than 10 > percent estimated for this year, Bank Indonesia said on Dec. 9. The central > bank kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 6.5 percent this > month, making borrowing costs affordable. > > "The risk in our view is the tightening of central bank's monetary policy > not only in Indonesia, but also in the region," Arief said. > > > > * Bloomberg > * > > > ** > http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-stocks-picked-to-soar-in-2010/347824 >