Jakarta, May 20 -- Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that the government will optimize the private sector's contribution as an engine of economic growth to achieve the 6.5 percent target set for 2027.

"Right now, this year alone, we are pushing (the economy) to approach 6 percent, so the opportunity is enormous. I hope that next year the private sector's engines will be running better than they are now," Purbaya said here on Wednesday, following the submission of the government's Macroeconomic Framework and Fiscal Policy Principles (KEM-PPKF) for 2027.

Purbaya considers the growth target realistic, despite the rupiah exchange rate continuing to weaken to Rp17,700 per US dollar.

According to him, the government has prepared v...