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- The rupiah against the U.S. dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot
market, more and slumped Thursday afternoon away from Rp9.250 level,
because of the negative factors from internal and external markets.
The rupiah exchange rate against the dollar slumped 185 points to Rp9.265-Rp9.275 per dollar as compared to the previous day's closing-Rp9.090 Rp9.080. Retail Banking Director of PT Bank Mega Tbk, Kostaman Thayib stated previously expected a negative pressure so that the rupiah continued to close Rp9.300 per dollar slumped. If market pressures continue, then the amount will be at the level of Rp9.300 per U.S. dollar on the next day, he said. Rupiah slumped because of fears of market participants against financial crisis in Europe and the United States are estimated to have spread. The financial crisis in Europe that began in Greece now began to spread to Portugal to Italy which continues to spread to the United States, he said. Conditions such as these will continue to spread so that the negative market pressures, so the dollar before even touching figure below Rp9.000 per dollar slipped to the above Rp9.300 per dollar. "We hope that conditions would be anticipated by the Bank Indonesia and the weakening rupiah did not continue," he said. He said Sri Mulyani Indrawati resignation as finance minister, foreign rating menbuat observers began to notice the condition of Indonesian domestic politics. Analysts are worried whether the policy has been implemented in Indonesia will change and the political situation is stable enough start mengkeruh, he said. | Antaranews | tenderoffer.biz |
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