#interest rate

Collection of interest rate news, found 123 news.

Negative impact of increase in Fed fund rate already predicted

The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) said the negative impact of an increase in the interest rate of the US central ...

President views Fed`s hike in interest rate as positive sign

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) welcomed the recent hike in interest rate by the US Federal Reserve, viewing it as a ...

Rupiah closes lower at Rp14,003

The Indonesian rupiah closed lower at Rp14,003 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Friday evening, down ...

Bank lending rate should be lowered to stimulate investment: VP

The bank lending rate, which currently stands above 10 percent, should be lowered as part of the efforts to stimulate ...

BI maintains interest to prevent capital outflow

Bank Indonesia (BI) said it has maintained its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) at 7.5 percent this year to prevent ...

Government spending increases due to subsidy

Government spending has continued to increase despite the policy of slashing it due to a rise in energy subsidy, ...

Rupiah gains in opening against US dollar

The Indonesian currency rupiah regains some of its losses against the US dollar in the first minutes of trade on ...

House endorses revised 2014 state budget

The House of Representatives (DPR) has decided to enact into law the Draft Law on the Revised 2014 State Budget and ...

Rupiah loses more value against the U.S. dollar

The Indonesian currency rupiah lost more value against the US dollar in the first minutes of trade on Wednesday ...

Jakarta composite index closes higher on Wednesday

The Jakarta composite index (JCI) closed 0.52 percent higher on Wednesday amid quiet trading. The index of the ...

Jakarta composite index closes higher

The Jakarta composite index (JCI) closed higher on Tuesday on foreign investors taking a return back to the domestic ...

Rupiah gains against us dollar

Rupiah closed stronger on Friday trading at the level of 11,835 per US dollar from 11,860 earlier on an increase in ...

Government seeking ways to maintain fiscal sustainability

Finance Minister Chatib Basri said the government continued looking for ways to save to maintain fiscal sustainability ...

Finance minister announces fiscal policies 2015

Indonesias Finance Minister Chatib Basri has announced the macro-economic and fiscal policies 2015 that were made in ...

Budget deficit increased to 2.5 percent of GDP

The Indonesian government had decided to increase the budget deficit from Rp175.4 trillion or 1.69 percent to Rp251.7 ...