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BI to continue easing amid slow global growth, soft inflation

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Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Destry Damayanti.(Courtesy/Facebook)
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano and Esther Samboh (The Jakarta Post)
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Jakarta   ●   Fri, September 13, 2019

Bank Indonesia (BI) will continue monetary easing using rate and non-rate tools to help jack up domestic economic growth against the backdrop of a global economic slowdown and benign consumer prices.

“Our stance for easing policies would remain,” said BI senior deputy governor Destry Damayanty in a recent interview with The Jakarta Post. “We can also [further] lower our rate as there’s still room.”

From the United States to Asian countries, central banks have been slashing their monetary policy rates in recent months to stoke domestic economic growth in the face of what could well turn out to be a global recession stemming from trade tensions around the world.

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