Indonesia’s central bank recently cut its full-year forecast to 5.1 percent. But presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo says he is confident the economy can grow more than 7 percent, while Prabowo Subianto plans to boost growth to as much as 10 percent.



BFM asks Wellian Wiranto, economist at OCBC Bank, if these expectations reasonable and if the candidates actually deliver on their promises.



We also ask him what policies he would introduce to boost economic growth in Indonesia.

Indonesia&rsquo;s central bank recently cut its full-year forecast to 5.1 percent. But presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo says he is confident the economy can grow more than 7 percent, while Prabowo Subianto plans to boost growth to as much as 10 percent. BFM asks Wellian Wiranto, economist at OCBC Bank, if these expectations reasonable and if the candidates actually deliver on their promises. We also ask him what policies he would introduce to boost economic growth in Indonesia.

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