Sumber: Okezone.com | 10 Agu 2020

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that Indonesia's economic growth in the second quarter of 2020 reached minus 5.32% (year on year yoy). Previously, Indonesia's economic growth rate grew positively 2.97% in the first quarter of 2020.

Terkait hal itu, Direktur Jenderal Pengelolaan Pembiayaan dan Risiko Kementerian Keuangan Luky Alfirman mengatakan, pihaknya ingin ada perbaikan pertumbuhan ekonomi ke zona positif di kuartal III tahun ini. Di mana, aktivitas ekonomi sudah mulai membaik pada Juni lalu.

“In June, there are signs of improvement. So we hope that the trend in the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2020 will improve. And we really hope that economic growth in the third quarter can return to the positive zone, "he said in a teleconference, Jakarta, Thursday (6/8/2020).

Dia menjelaskan, pemerintah terus melakukan banyak kebijakan agar perekonomian kembali terangkat pertengahan tahun ini. Seperti merancang sejumlah kebijakan pemberian bantuan melalui Program Pemulihan Ekonomi Nasional.

"So the most important thing is how. This is the role of the government in providing a stimulus to the economy so that the economy moves again. Where it can be in the form of an injection of spending from the government. The reason is maybe the economic activity on the private side is still declining, maybe there is still a wait and see nature, "he said.

Dia juga menambahkan, pemerintah tidak hanya memikirkan ekonomi saat masih pandemi. Namun juga mendesain kebijakan yang nantinya dapat membantu pelaku usaha usai pandemi ini dinyatakan berakhir.

"We know that with the existence of this PSBB, there are two stages, such as someone trying to survive and after this is over they need help entering the recovery stage, starting to rise again. We're setting this up. So there is the name National Economic Recovery Program or abbreviated as PEN. But still health is number one, "he said.