Tag: Monetary Policy
BI Cuts the Interest Rate to 3.50% in February Meeting
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Surprisingly, board governors of Bank Indonesia (BI) cut the Seven Day Reverse Repo Rate (BI-7DRR) by 25 basis points to 3.50 percent,...
Weekly Briefing: Various Things to Know on Monday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! The week ahead sees a busy diary of data releases to steer the markets despite the Chinese New Year and United...
The Fed Left the Interest Rate and Bond Buying Program Unchanged
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - In their first meeting in 2021, Federal Open Meeting Committee (FOMC) left the Fed fund rate and its pace of bond buying unchanged...
BI Holds the Seven Days Reverse Repo Rate in January
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Board of governors Bank Indonesia (BI) maintained the Seven Day Reverse Repo Rate (BI-7DRR) at 3.75 percent, the Deposit Facility rate at 3.00...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Tuesday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Today, the People's Bank of China will make a decision on its monetary policy after the country announced the economy has...
FOMC Hold the Rates, IHS Markit Revises US GDP
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) -Federal Open Meeting Committee (FOMC) decided to kept the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25 percent in their latest meeting, the minutes...
After Hold the Rate, BI Has Space to Cut Again in...
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesian central bank (BI) kept the seven days repo rate steady at 3.75 percent, after surprising investors at the November meeting, said the board...
US’s Fed Signals Low Rate to Stay Until 2023
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The central bank of United States, Federal Reserve (Fed), kept the Fed Fund Rate unchanged and signaled that near-zero rates would continue through 2023...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Wednesday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! The central bank of United States (US), Federal Reserve will concludes its periodic meeting today, with the market waiting to hear...
Forex Reserves Indonesia Stable at US$133.6B in November
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesia' foreign exchange (forex) reserves dropped slightly from US$133.7 billion in October to $133.6 billion in November, the central bank reported today. The...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Thursday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! The minutes of Federal Open Market Committee show the policymakers preparing to change tact on bond purchasing before begin to raise the...
Surprisingly! BI Cuts Rate to 3.75% in November
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Surprisingly, board governors of Bank Indonesia lowered the seven days reverse repo rate (BI-7DRR) by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent, the deposit...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Thursday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Its decision day for Bank Indonesia, to hold or cut its benchmark rate. The economists expect the central bank to maintain...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know On Wednesday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Starting today, board governors of Bank Indonesia (BI) start the two-days meeting before make it decision on Thursday. Last month,...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Tuesday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! The news from Moderna Inc., (NASDAQ: MRNA) that said the COVID-19 vaccine candidate was 94.5 percent effective, sending a positive impact...
Weekly Briefing: Various Things to Know in This Week
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! This week monetary policy meetings are scheduled for Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, though no changes are anticipated. October updates to...
US’s FOMC Hold the Rate, Bond Buying Program Unchanged
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held its Fed Fund Rate (FFR) at 0.25 percent in their latest meeting on Thursday (11/05). The policymakers also...
Bank Indonesia, MAS Extends Bilateral Swap Agreement Until 2021
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the extension of the US$10 billion bilateral swap agreement for another year. This...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Friday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, signaled further easing in the December meeting. On Thursday, the central bank kept...
BoJ Holds the Rates, Extend the Crisis Response Package
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) -The policy board of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) applied a negative interest rate of minus 0.1 percent to the Policy-Rate Balances in...
BI Hold Rates for Four Straight Months
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - As expecting, board governors of Bank Indonesia (BI) maintained its seven days repo rate at 4 percent, amid the dynamics of adjusting global...
Morning Briefing: Various Things to Know on Tuesday
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Governors of Bank Indonesia will make a decision on the seven days repo rate today. Most economists rated the central bank...
Powell Sends a Pessimistic Message to the US Economy
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Federal Reserve (Fed) chairman, Jerome Powell, said the United States (US) economy has a long way to go before fully recovering from...
Bank Indonesia Maintains Seven Days Repo Rate to Guard Rupiah
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Bank Indonesia decided kept the seven days reverse repo rate at 4 percent at the latest meeting ended today. The central bank...
Powell Give Signals FFR to Stay Near Zero Until 2023
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Federal Reserves (Fed) chairman, Jerome Powell, give a signal that the Fed Fund Rate (FFR) will stay near zero percent until 2023....
Morning Briefing: BI’s Monetary Policy Out Today
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Board of governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) has an agenda to announced their latest monetary policy after hold the seven...
Morning Briefing: Waiting the Fed and BI Meeting
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! Bank Indonesia and United States (US) Federal Open Meeting Committee has a meeting today and will decided their monetary policies. Some...
Weekly Briefing: Full of Monetary Policy Meetings
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Good Morning! This week we will sees monetary policy meetings at the Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank Indonesia, Bank of England, and Bank of...
The Fed Set a Lower Rate Policy in the Longer Period
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Chairman of Federal Reserves (Fed), Jerome Powell, told the audiences of Jackson Hall Symposiums the central bank to keep the lower interest...
US’s Fed Hold the Rate, Lowers Economic Growth Outlook
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - United States (US) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) agreed to hold the Fed Fund Rate (FFR) at the current level near to zero percent,...
