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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 ...

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 ...

Interest rate policy causes no significant capital outflow: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) said its decision to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 4.25 percent would not cause ...

Indonesia prepares three main events for IMF-WB annual meetings

The Indonesia Government, as the host of the upcoming IMF-World Bank (WB) Annual Meetings this year, has planned three ...

BI governor`s candidate viewed as seasoned monetary strategist

Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Perry Warjiyo selected by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as the sole ...

Bank Indonesia studies use of blockchain

Bank Indonesia (BI) is studying the use of blockchain, a system in which a record of transactions made in bitcoin or ...

Indonesia should capitalize on IMF, World Bank meeting

The Indonesian government should utilize the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World ...

Indonesia hopes new Fed chief would have good communication skills

Indonesia hopes the new chief of the Fed would possess good communication skills to make issues clear, preventing ...

Iraq steps up retaliation against Kurdish independence vote with dollar ban

Iraq stopped selling dollars to leading banks in Kurdistan and banned foreign currency transfers to the autonomous ...

Inflation to be close to 3.5 percent this year: BI

Indonesias inflation rate is most likely to come close to 3.5 percent this year if the prices of goods can be ...

Darmin: There is room for cutting lending rate

Coordinating Minister for Economy Darmin Nasution said there is still room or step that could be taken by the ...

Rupiah up slightly to Rp13,345/dollar on Friday

The Indonesian rupiah rose slightly by three points to close at Rp13,343 against the dollar in the Jakarta inter-bank ...

Indonesia`s inflation competitive regionally: Bank Indonesia

Bank Indonesia said the countrys inflation rate of 3.88 percent year-on-year, by July 2017 showed that southeast Asias ...

Rupiah slightly rises against dollar on Thursday evening

The Indonesian rupiah rose slightly to Rp13,322 against the dollar in the Jakarta inter-bank spot market on Thursday ...