Bank Indonesia Policy Mix

Principles of Average Reserve Requirement Ratios Improvement . • Considerations for the Average Reserve Requirement Ratios Improvement Improvement in average reserve requirement is a follow up to the monetary policy operational framework reform implemented by Bank Indonesia since 2016. Monetary policy operational framework reform started in August 2016 as BI7DRR replaced BI Rate as policy rate. This was then strengthened in 1st July 2017, by the implementation of the average reserve requirement in rupiah for conventional commercial banks at 1.5% out of the total 6.5% of GDP requirement in Rupiah. The reformulation is also backed by various efforts in financial market deepening. reserve The current improvement aims to elevate flexibility in banking liquidity management, enhance banking intermediation function, and support efforts in financial market deepening. This multiple targets will in turn improve the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission in maintaining economic stability. * Substance a. Additional rupiah average reserve requirement for conventional commercial banks b. Annulment of demand deposit renumeration c. Implementation of foreign exchange average reserve requirement for conventional commercial banks d. Implementation of average reserve requirement for Islamic banks Old New Effective Date Fixed RR: 5% Fixed RR: 4.5% Average RR: 1.5% RR: 6.5% Average RR: 2% RR: 6.5% 16th July 2018 2.5% (from 1.5% RR) 0% Fixed RR: 8% Average RR: 0% RR: 8% Fixed RR: 6% 16th July 2018 Average RR: 2% RR: 8%* 1st October 2018 Fixed RR: 5% Average RR: 0% RR: 5% Fixed RR: 3% 1st Average RR: 2% RR: 5%* October 2018 Complemented by harmonisation feature to align with the average reserve requirement in rupiah feature for conventional commercial banks (e.g. Calculation period, lag period, and Maintenance period of 2 weeks) Source: Bank Indonesia 130

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