No Change in Indonesian Key Interest Rate
December 3, 2010
The benchmark interest rate of Bank Indonesia has been at 6.5% since a 25-basis point cut in August 2009, which culminated a nine-move, 300 basis point reduction begun in December 2008. Bank Indonesia has not conformed to Asian norms. GDP was 5.8% higher than a year earlier last quarter, and CPI inflation accelerated by a half percentage point and to above the 4-6% target range at 6.3% in November from 5.7% in October. Monetary officials can rationalize that core inflation is just 4.3%, and they are worried about igniting heavier capital inflows that could boost the rupiah and complicate monetary policymaking.
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