- Asia: Currency forecasts
Indonesia Clamps Down on Currency Speculation Indonesia's central bank effectively closed down the offshore rupiah market by cutting off supply to nonresidents and reducing the limit of forward transactions. Bank Indonesia's new foreign exchange ruling was designed to help restore stability to the ailing rupiah amid an intensifying conflict between ......
- Asia: Indonesia clamps down on currency speculation
HEADNOTE FOREIGN EXCHANGE Indonesia's central bank effectively closed down the offshore rupiah market by cutting off supply to nonresidents and reducing the limit of forward transactions. Bank Indonesia's new foreign exchange ruling was designed to help restore stability to the ailing rupiah amid an intensifying conflict between the legislature and ......
- Banking collapse and restructuring in Indonesia, 1997-2001
Indonesia's banking sector was devastated by the crisis that began in October 1997. Of the largest banks-the seven original state banks and the ten largest formerly private banks-none managed to remain solvent, and those that still operate under their original names do so only because they were bailed out by ......
- Indonesia - Syahril Sabirin.
The Governor of Bank Indonesia (the central bank), Syahril was brought to this post in February 1998 to replace Sudrajad Jiwandono, and establish a currency board. Then president Suharto dismissed Sudrajad because he was opposed to such a board, a body urged by Suharto's US advisor Steve Henke. But Syahril ......
- INDONESIA - Profile - Syahril
Sabirin.
The Governor of Bank Indonesia (central bank), Dr. Sabirin was brought to this post in Feb. 1998 to replace Sudrajad Jiwandono and establish a currency board to peg the rupiah to the US dollar. Then president Suharto dismissed Sudrajad because he was opposed to such a board, urged by Suharto's ......
- Financial Fragility and Instability in
Indonesia.
Financial Fragility and Instability in Indonesia. By Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Oxon: Routledge, 2007. Pp 258. With the global conversation on financial stability taking flight around Basel II, Financial Fragility and Instability in Indonesia by veteran banker Yasuyuki Matsumoto offers an astute response to the ongoing debate. This timely volume on ......
- Domestic demand leads economic recovery
Higher GOP Growth According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Indonesia's GDP growth rate in January-March 2002 against the year-ago level was 2.47%. This figure turned out to be lower than the 3.2% that Bank Indonesia (BI) had anticipated. Nevertheless, the BPS is optimistic that the annual GDP growth ......