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Perry Wardijo pledges "we will preempt and be ahead of the curve"

The new Governor of Bank Indonesia Perry Warjiyo pledged to adopt stronger monetary policy to stabilize the national ...

Moody's Analytics earns accreditation by Malaysia's Finance Accreditation Agency

- Moody's Analytics, a leading financial intelligence and learning solutions provider, is pleased to announce that its ...

Jakarta index closes lower on Friday

The Jakarta composite index (IHSG) closed lower on Friday on negative sentiment with rupiah weakening. Rupiah ...

Increase in benchmark interest to curb growth: Central Bank

Bank Indonesia (BI) said the 25 basis point increase in its benchmark interest rate to 4.5 percent could slightly curb ...

BI not hesitant to readjust key rate

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo said that the central bank is prepared to apply a stronger monetary ...

Malaysia`s Mahathir bars former PM from leaving the country

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad barred his predecessor, Najib Razak, from going overseas on Saturday, saying ...

Indonesia`s balance of payments suffers deficit of $3.8 billion in q1

Indonesia`s balance of payments suffered a deficit of US$3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2018 because of pressure ...

People should take advantage of rupiah depreciation

The government and the people, especially businesses, should be able to take advantage of the rupiah depreciation that ...

Bank Indonesia under greater pressure to raise interest rate

With rupiah losing more value, the pressure is greater for Bank Indonesia to raise its benchmark interest ...

Calls stronger for increase in benchmark interest rate

Bank Indonesia may not continue to rely on foreign exchange reserve to prop up reeling national currency, an economist ...

Weakening rupiah serves as momentum to increase domestic products: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated the weakening of the rupiah that fell to Rp14,028 per dollar on Tuesday morning ...

Government backs BI to intervene in rupiah`s exchange rate

The government supports Bank Indonesia (BI`s) effort to intervene in the rupiah`s exchange rate that continued to fall ...

Rupiah can likely strengthen soon: Central bank

Bank Indonesia (BI) believes the rupiah can still likely strengthen soon owing to manageable domestic economic ...

Rupiah fall only temporary: Central bank

Bank Indonesia (BI) said falling value of the national currency rupiah against the US dollar in the past several week ...

Exports and tourism could strengthen rupiah: central bank

Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia Mirza Adityaswara said good export performance and tourism development could ...