Tribunnews.com reporter Yanuar Riezqi Yovanda

TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Bank Indonesia (BI) said capital outflows or capital outflows in developing countries, including Indonesia, were putting pressure on the exchange rate.

Head of Corporate Economics and Monetary Policy at BI Wira Kusuma said that despite the compact weakening, the rupiah was still victorious or victorious than several other countries against the US dollar.

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“If we compare it to neighboring countries’ depreciation rates, we’re relatively better. For example, compared to other countries, we’re down 4.9 percent as of July 20, but Malaysia is 6.42 percent, India is 7.05 percent, and Thailand is 8.93 percent, so we’re relatively better in that regard.” , he said in the FMB9 webinar on Monday (7/25/2022).

According to Wira, there is still a high level of uncertainty on the global financial markets, which is the reason for the restrained capital flows to developing countries.

“Well, in general, our external sector as described by Indonesia’s balance of payments is still solid,” he said.

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However, he sees that inflation in the country needs to be watched as it rose to 4.53 percent in June 2022.

“Inflation has risen so far, up to 4.53 percent in June, but we can see that the source of inflation is mainly imported inflation with rising global commodity prices. In the meantime, let’s look at other components of inflation, namely core inflation. She’s still on target,” he concluded.

Monday afternoon, Rupiah strengthens against the US Dollar, touching Rp. 14,993

The exchange rate of the rupiah against the US dollar closed higher on Monday (25/7/2022) at the level of Rp 14,993 this afternoon.