Investor Presentaiton
Bank Indonesia Policy Mix: March 2020
Mitigating the risk of COVID-19 transmission
BHINNIKA
B BANK INDONESIA
BANK SENTRAL REPUBLIK INDONESIA
To strengthen coordination and the various policy measures already taken, Bank Indonesia on March
2nd 2020 introduced a variety of five follow-up policy measures to maintain monetary and financial
market stability as well as mitigate the COVID-19 risks
1) Intensify triple intervention policy to ensure rupiah exchange rates move in line with the currency's fundamental
value and market mechanisms. To that end, Bank Indonesia will optimize its intervention strategy in the DNDF
market, spot market and SBN market in order to minimize the risk of increasing rupiah exchange rate volatility.
2) Lower the FX reserve requirements for commercial banks from 8% to 4%, effective 16th March 2020, which will
increase FX liquidity in the banking industry by around USD3.2 billion and simultaneously alleviate foreign exchange
market pressures.
3) Lower the rupiah reserve requirements by 50bps for banks financing export-import activity in coordination with the
Government. Effective from 1st April 2020 for a period of nine months before a further review, this policy is
expected to facilitate export-import activity through lower costs/fees.
4) Expand the range of underlying transactions available to foreign investors in order to provide alternative hedging
instruments against rupiah holdings.
5) Reaffirm that global investors can utilize global and domestic custodian banks to conduct investment activity in
Indonesia.
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