In the future, Bank Indonesia will continue to investigate the space for reducing the BI-rate to encourage economic growth, while maintaining inflation in accordance with its goals and exchange rate stability in accordance with the Fundamentals
Jakarta (Antara) – Bank Indonesia (BI) transferred the decision to maintain the benchmark interest or bi -rate at the level of 5.50 percent was in line with the preservation of inflation charges 2025 and 2026 in the goal of 2.5 plus min 1 percent.
Moreover, this decision is also in accordance with the stability of the Rupiah change rate in accordance with the basic principles in the midst of high global uncertainty, as well as the need to continue to encourage economic growth.
“In the future, Bank Indonesia will continue to investigate the space for the fall of the BI-rate to encourage economic growth, while retaining inflation in accordance with its goals and exchange rate stability in accordance with the Fundamentals,” said bi-governor Perry Warjiyo on a press conference of the Biaart on Jaard or Governor’s results Wednesday.
In addition to determining a fixed BI-rate 5.5 percent, the BI Board of Governors’ Meeting (RDG) also decided to maintain interest rates Deposit with 4.75 percent and interest rates Credit facility amount of 6.25 percent.
Perry said that batteryoprudial policy is still being optimized to support sustainable economic growth, with different strategies to encourage credit growth and to increase the flexibility of liquidity management by banks.
The policy of the payment system is also aimed at supporting economic growth by expanding the acceptance of digital payments, as well as strengthening the infrastructure and consolidation of the structure of the payment system industry.
The direction of the monetary policy mix, the macroprudential and payment system to maintain stability to strengthen sustainable economic growth is supported by various policy steps.
One of the policy measures is the strengthening of the strategy of stabilizing the Rupiah change rate in accordance with the basic principles, in particular through transaction interventions Non-liveable attacker (NDF) in foreign markets and transactions Place And Domestic non-realizable attacker (DNDF) on the domestic market.
“This strategy is accompanied by the purchase of state effects (SBN) in the secondary market to maintain financial market stability,” said Perry.
Moreover, the policy is to strengthen monetary operation strategy Pro-market In order to further strengthen, maintain the effectiveness of the transfer of interest rates, accelerate the adequacy of liquidity, accelerate the deepening of the money market and the currency market (Veviezenmarkt) and stimulates the stream of foreign capital.
This is done with, first, managing the interest structure of the monetary instrument and exchange Fair to strengthen the effectiveness of the transfer of interest rates while maintaining the attractiveness of the access flow of foreign portfolios to domestic financial assets.
Secondly, the Rupiah Bank Indonesia Securities Auction Strategy (SRBI) and SBN purchases in the secondary market to maintain the adequacy of liquidity in the money and bank markets.
Thirdly, strengthen the role of the most important dealer to increase SRBI transactions in the secondary market and transactions return agreement (Repo) between market -written market.
Bank Indonesia has also taken other policy steps, including strengthening the publication of the Credit Basic Resting (SBDK), to extend digital acceptance by accelerating the preparation for the implementation of QRIs between countries.
Finally, BI expanded the Bank Indonesia National Clearing System (SKNBI) rate policy and credit card policy (KK) until 31 December 2025.
While the minimum payment limit policy by the KK holder is 5 percent of the total invoice and a delay fency policy of a maximum of 1 percent of the total invoice and is not higher than RP 100,000.
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Editor: Ahmad Buchori
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