Bank Indonesia
September 22, 2016
The 7-day reverse repo rate, which has replaced the BI rate as the main operative central bank interest rate, was sliced further to 5.0% at this month’s meeting. According to a released statement, the action coordinates with the government’s efforts to buttress economic growth that’s been somewhat lower than hoped and assumed. Inflation at 2.8% also is under the 3-5% target and near to a 7-year low. The rupiah had risen after the Fed’s decision yesterday, providing maneuvering room for today’s incremental easing in Indonesia. Besides the one-week reverse repo, the bank also reduced by 25 basis points the deposit and lending facility rates to 4.25% and 5.75%, which are symmetrically distributed around the 5.0% key rate. Bank Indonesia’s key interest rates were also reduced this year in each month of the first quarter and later in June.
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