Indonesia - Lending Rate





Indonesia: Lending Rate

Mnemonic IRLEND.IIDN
Unit %, NSA
Adjustments Not Seasonally Adjusted
Daily
Data 08 Jan 2024 6
07 Jan 2024 6

Series Information

Source Bank Indonesia
Release Monetary Policy
Frequency Business Daily
Start Date 4/21/2016
End Date 1/8/2024

Indonesia: Markets

Reference Last Previous Units Frequency
Stock Market Index 15 Mar 2024 7,328 7,433 Index, NSA Daily
Average Long-term Government Bond Feb 2024 4,705,176 4,641,446 Bil. IDR, NSA Monthly
Money Market Rate Feb 2024 5.79 5.81 % p.a., NSA Monthly
Lending Rate 08 Jan 2024 6 6 %, NSA Daily

Release Information

Monetary policy refers to the actions undertaken by Bank Indonesia to influence the availability, supply and cost of money as a means of helping to promote national economic goals. The goal of Bank Indonesia is to achieve and maintain the stability of the rupiah. This goal is stipulated in article 7 of Act No. 3 of 2004 concerning Bank Indonesia.

Rupiah stability is defined, among others, as stability of prices for goods and services reflected in inflation. To achieve this goal, Bank Indonesia decided in 2005 to adopt the inflation targeting framework, in which inflation is the primary monetary policy objective, while adhering to the free floating exchange rate system. Exchange rate stability plays a crucial role in achieving price and financial system stability. For this reason, Bank Indonesia also operates an exchange rate policy designed to minimise excessive rate volatility, rather than to peg the exchange rate to a particular level.

To carry this out, Bank Indonesia holds powers to conduct monetary policy through the establishment of monetary targets (such as money supply or interest rates) with the primary goal of keeping inflation at the government-prescribed level.  On the operational level, these monetary objectives rely on the use of instruments, including open market operations on the rupiah and forex money markets, setting the discount rate, prescribing a minimum reserve requirement and regulating credit or financing.  Bank Indonesia may also apply monetary controls based on Sharia Principles.

Active:

  • Measurement: Percent per annum
  • Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
  • Native frequency: Daily
  • Start date: 21 Apr 2016

Predecessor:

  • 5 Jul 2005 to 18 Aug 2016

The BI Rate (Central Bank Policy Rate) is announced by the Board of Governors of Bank Indonesia in each monthly Board of Governors Meeting. It is implemented in the Bank Indonesia monetary operations conducted by means of liquidity management on the money market to achieve the monetary policy operational target.

While other factors in the economy are also taken into account, Bank Indonesia will normally raise the BI Rate if future inflation is forecasted ahead of the established inflation target. Conversely, Bank Indonesia will lower the BI Rate if future inflation is predicted below the inflation target.

Yes. Data is revised after Bank Indonesia monetary policy decision meeting.

Further reading

At IMF (SDDS):

  • Nov 2006 - Initial version.
  • Aug 2016 - Policy rate redefined.
  • 26 Dec 2023, Phillip Thorne - Properties.