#monetary policy

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Annual Budget Speech

Monetary tightening shook financial markets in developing countries

President Joko Widodo, in his 2023 State Budget Speech, affirmed that aggressive monetary tightening in several ...

Need climate action to tackle inflation: BI

Climate change is an important agenda that Indonesia needs to handle since it has a significant role in inflation, ...

Subsidies, interest rate restraint effective in boosting Q2 growth

 Government subsidies and social assistance policies as well as the restraint exercised in raising the benchmark ...

BI records US$2.1-billion foreign capital outflow as of July 29

Bank Indonesia (BI) recorded that the net outflow of foreign capital from the Indonesian financial market amounted to ...

Directing a relevant G20 amid the world's polycrisis in 2022

On December 1, 2021, Indonesia assumed the presidency of G20 -- a forum of countries dominating 80 percent of the ...

Natural resources contribution crucial for recovery: Finance Minister

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that the contribution of natural resources was important and reliable ...

State budget used to control Indonesia's inflation: Deputy Minister

The state budget became the government's tool to ensure that Indonesia's inflation remains under control amid ...

BI forecasts economic growth of 5.05 percent for Q2 2022

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo has projected that the national economy will record a growth of 5.05 percent ...

Digital sector should be bolstered to handle global crisis: Legislator

House of Representatives' (DPR's) Deputy Speaker  Muhaimin Iskandar deemed it necessary to boost the ...

Stagflation impedes economic stability: BI

The risk of stagflation would compromise economic growth and stability, according to the executive director head of the ...

BI to adjust benchmark interest rate if core inflation rises

Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governor Juda Agung has affirmed that the bank is ready to adjust the benchmark interest ...

Indonesia's forex reserves swelled to US$136.4 billion in June: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) reported that Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves in June 2022 increased to US$136.4 billion ...

Foreign capital inflows reach US$1.5 billion: BI

Foreign capital of US$1.5 billion flowed into the domestic financial market in the period from the second quarter of ...

BI lowers global growth forecast to three percent for 2022

Bank Indonesia (BI) has revised downward its global economic growth forecast for 2022 to three percent, from 3.4 ...

House Speaker asks G20 to jointly address global crises

Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Puan Maharani, has asked the G20 to collaborate on ...