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Sri Mulyani Has Already Secured A New Loan Of Rp 250 Trillion To Address The Budget Deficit

The government has drawn new debt worth IDR 250 trillion until March 2025 to patch the State Budget (APBN) deficit. This amount is equivalent to 40.6% of this year's debt withdrawal target of IDR 775.9 trillion. 

"The realization of financing remains as planned or on track, reaching IDR 250 trillion or 40.6% of the 2025 APBN target of IDR 775.9 trillion," said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in a virtual press conference of the Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK), Thursday (24/4/2025). 

Sri Mulyani ensured that the withdrawal of new debt will continue to be carried out carefully and measured by paying attention to the outlook for the APBN deficit, as well as the availability of government liquidity and observing the dynamics of the financial market. 

"Of course, observing the dynamics of the financial market and including the bond market, as well as maintaining a balance between the level of costs and debt risk. The government will continue to optimize the role of the APBN instrument as a shock absorber and at the same time accelerate the achievement of development targets through various policies," said Sri Mulyani. 

For information, the 2025 State Budget has recorded a deficit of IDR 104.2 trillion or 0.43% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The deficit is only 16.9% of the target set in the 2025 State Budget. 

This State Budget deficit means that revenue is smaller than the amount of government spending. Even so, in terms of primary balance, there is still a surplus of IDR 17.5 trillion and a cash surplus of IDR 145.8 trillion in the form of Budget Financing Surplus (SiLPA). 

It is recorded that state revenues until March 2025 have collected IDR 516.1 trillion or 17.2% of the State Budget target. This income comes from taxes, customs, and non-tax state revenues (PNBP). 

Meanwhile, state spending reached IDR 620.3 trillion or 17.1% of the State Budget ceiling. This country's learning consists of central government spending, namely K/L spending and non-K/L spending, as well as transfers to regions. 

"The performance of the 2025 Q1 APBN is well maintained," added Sri Mulyani. 

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