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Emerging Asia Economics Weekly

Emerging Asia Economics Weekly

Bank Indonesia to bide its time, but not for long

We have changed our forecast that Bank Indonesia (BI) will raise its policy rate on Thursday and now believe that the reference rate will be held at 6.75%. This is because headline inflation continues to trend lower, while recent data suggest that global growth is entering a soft patch. Nonetheless, the economy is set for above-trend growth and the policy rate remains historically low. The upshot is that we still think BI will eventually react to rising demand-pull pressures and expect the tightening cycle to resume in Q3.

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