Indonesia Sees ‘Small Possibility’ of Off-Cycle Rate Hike

10/27/2023 13:08
Indonesia Sees ‘Small Possibility’ of Off-Cycle Rate Hike

Indonesia isn’t ruling out an out-of-cycle rate increase after policymakers surprised most forecasters with a hike last week, according to a central bank spokesman.

Indonesia isn’t ruling out an out-of-cycle rate increase after policymakers surprised most forecasters with a hike last week, according to a central bank spokesman.

“As a possibility, it is always there even if it is very small,” Bank Indonesia’s spokesman Erwin Haryono said on late Thursday, after the Philippines delivered a 25-basis-point unscheduled rate hike. “But so far, the policy response delivered during the latest Board of Governors’ meeting is sufficient.”

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