Bank Indonesia Policy Mix
Global
Regional
Bilateral
Ample Reserves
Ample Lines of Defense Against External Shocks
FX Reserve
Swap Arrangement
• Ample level of FX reserves to buffer against external shock
• FX Reserves as of of September 2021: US$146.9 bn
Japan
Singapore
China
Malaysia
ASEAN Swap
Arrangement (ASA)
Chiang Mai
Initiative
Multilateralization
(CMIM) Agreement
IMF Global
Financial Safety
Net - GSFN
Renewed a 3 year USD22.76 billion swap line with Japan on October 14th, 2021
• The facility is available in USD and JPY
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Renewed a one year SGD/IDR swap arrangement with the size up to USD7 bn (equivalent) in November 2020
Renewed a 3 year swap arrangement and increased the size of swap line up to CNY 200 bn / USD 30 billion in
November 2018
Established a 3 year RM/IDR swap arrangement with a size up to USD2 bn (equivalent) in September 2019
Entitled to a maximum swap amount of USD600 million under ASA
The first MoU on the ASA was signed in 1977 among 5 ASEAN Central Banks with total facility USD100 million
Increased in size to U.S.$2 billion in 2005
Entitled to a maximum swap amount of US$ 22.76 bn under the ASEAN+3 (Japan, China, and Korea)
FX reserves pool created under the agreement
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Came into effect in 2010 with a pool of US$120 bn
• Doubled to US$240 bn effective July 2014
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Indonesia is entitled to access IMF facilities for crisis prevention to address potential (actual) BOP problem
Such facilities include Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL)
Source: Bank Indonesia
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