Government Measures to Mitigate Covid-19 Risk
Bank Indonesia's Measures to Mitigate Covid-19 Risk
To maintain Monetary and Financial Market Stability
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Measures Launched on March 2, 2020
Strengthening the intensity of triple intervention policy to
maintain rupiah exchange rate stability in line with the
currency's fundamental value and market mechanisms
Reducing the foreign currency reserve requirement ratio for
2 conventional commercial banks from 8% to 4%, effective
16th March 2020.
Reducing the rupiah reserve requirement ratio by 50bps for
3 banks engaged in export-import financing activity in
coordination with the Government.
Expanding the types of underlying transactions available to
4 foreign investors as hedging alternatives against rupiah
holdings in Indonesia.
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Measures Launched on March 18-19, 2020
Strengthening the intensity of triple intervention policy to
maintain rupiah exchange rate stability in line with the currency's
fundamental value and market mechanisms.
Extending the SBN repo tenor to 12 months and providing daily
auctions to loosen rupiah liquidity in the banking industry.
Increasing the frequency of FX swap auctions for 1, 3, 6 and 12-
3 month tenors from three times per week to daily auctions in
order to ensure adequate liquidity.
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Strengthening foreign currency term deposit instruments in order
to enhance foreign currency liquidity management in the
domestic market.
Expediting the enforcement of domestic vostro rupiah accounts
5 for foreign investors as underlying transactions for Domestic NDF,
thus increasing hedging alternatives against rupiah holdings.
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Expanding the incentive of a 50bps looser daily rupiah reserve
requirement beyond banks that are engaged in export-import
financing to include the financing of MSMEs and other priority
sectors.
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Global investors may utilise global and domestic custodian
banks for investment activity in Indonesia.
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Source: Bank Indonesia
Strengthening payment system policy to support COVID-19
mitigation efforts.
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