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View all search resultsIndonesia shaved US$4.6 billion off its foreign exchange (forex) reserves in April as the government serviced foreign debts and the central bank intervened in the market to stabilize the rupiah’s exchange rate amid the tariff turmoil.
Indonesia’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves jumped by 3.5 percent last month, giving the central bank more funds it could use to prop up the rupiah in case further rate hikes in the United States put pressure on the currency.
BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Thursday that Indonesia’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves as the central bank’s “first line of defense” were “adequate”. At US$130.4 billion in February, Indonesia’s dollar reserves are enough to cover 7.7 months of imports, well above the healthy international standard of three months.
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