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Jakarta (ANTARA) - Head of Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Gita Wirjawan mengatkan, the institute believes the investment in the first quarter of 2010 were able to grow 10 to 15 percent.

"We're optimistic, growing at over 10 percent, 10-15 percent," he said in Jakarta on Saturday.

According to him, the Indonesian economy is currently considered a positive for investors. Indonesia's economic growth could reach 4.5 percent in 2009 amid world economic downturn is a plus for our country.

"They believe in a comfortable climate in our country," he said.

Gita argues, it will announce an investment to Indonesia in May 2010 first quarter ahead.

Meanwhile, changes in assumptions related to the economic growth in the P state budget proposal in 2010, he mengatkan still on the right track.

He said the changes from the original assumptions of economic growth and is now 5.5 percent to 5.8 percent does not change the target of investment growth, especially for gross fixed capital formation (GFCF).

"We need the GFCF growth amounted to 7.8 per cent to sustain the growth of 5,5-6 percent. So it's still` on the right track '(on the right path), "he said.

He added, new in 2011, GFCF growth should reach 10-11 percent in order to be able to sustain the planned 2014 national budget may reach Rp2.000 trillion.