The rupiah touched 14,450 per dollar on March 19 as a rise in US Treasury yields to about 1.7% drew foreign portfolio capital out of emerging markets. Bank Indonesia official Haryadi Ramelan discussed the central bank's response.
Higher US yields pulling capital from emerging markets weaken the rupiah and raise the cost of dollar-priced feed ingredients for Indonesian buyers.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.