Governor Warjiyo you've often talked about the independence of Indonesia.
But now it has an expanded mandate to include and showing growth of the
country. Does it make your job?
Well, complicated. Then your law actually legalize what we
practice before? No, we are thankful being formally
legally under the new law. But some people are suggesting that
perhaps the new mandate is prompting you to end monetary tightening earlier than
anticipated. Is there any truth in that?
We will continue what we practice consistently with this monetary policy
for price strability and increase targeting framework
Governor Warjiyo But given to our deal, your term ends
mid-year. Are you open to reappointment?
The candidate nominates an off the governors
It's coming from. the president
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a right to nominate who we're for, he is confident of the rest of the president
I do believe my.
my president, our president will choose
the correct person to assume the central bank?
You're sixty four years young, close to retirement age my age.
Be an issue. Do not. we do not think that it's a
becoming matter That is not its experience, especially
during the crisis. I have gifted a lot of notice for the
central bank being leafing through a number of crises, including also the
past three years jointly with my dear friend, Minister of Finance in fiscal
and monetary. My job serving the country of any are
from the crisis because of the profit. And we will be looking for what also
those safe. The country from the globe
under the strong leadership of my.
president Jokowi Widodo What will be your priorities in the
coming months? Of course we already applied our policy
that action. When I deliver an address back in 20
November, the thing that we talk about how we best support economic growth
through price stability, through profit financing, through our digital set of
the payment system, through our monetary policy.
system, I already also see that the public
we will direct our monetary policy for stability,
but we really direct our market but ensure payments system, money market,
deepening and others to support economic growth.
This is the said that a bank policy direction And second, we will continue our close
coordination with the government. How best we mean.
It's our stability and supporting economic growth and inclusiveness, our
monetary and fiscal policy.
my financial
authority and the findings stability
of course We also support number three downststreaming
of major resources. This is very in what then and in the boss
has been successful to support our economic growth making our balance of
is becoming stronger.
This is the reform that we
also support board to the government. I think three aspects of the strength of
the policy mix of central bank sector policy coordination centre bang fiscal
central bank under the financial system stability and that that was to
support the structural reform downstreaming and other aspect, including
also digitalis and the green economy.