Bank Indonesia’s decision today to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25bps to 4.75% came as a major surprise and is likely to further fuel concerns about the central bank’s independence. Following consecutive 25bps cuts in July and August, all 31 analysts polled by LSEG (including ourselves) had predicted a hold.
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