# Rupiah depreciates against US dollar over trade deficit - ANTARA News

> The rupiah weakened to 14,166 per dollar on October 15 after the statistics agency reported a September trade deficit of $160 million. Exports were $14.10 billion and imports $14.26 billion. Bank Indonesia intervened in the currency market through DNDF instruments.

- Date: 2019-10-15 · published 2019-10-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56891-rupiah-depreciates-against-us-dollar-over-trade-deficit-antara-news
- Commodities: [Indonesian Rupiah (IDR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDIDR.md)

## Why it matters

A wider trade deficit adds pressure on the rupiah, which raises the local cost of dollar-denominated feed and ingredient imports. The price effect on global commodities is small.

## Read by commodity

- USDIDR: bullish ▲

## Sources

- en.antaranews.com: https://en.antaranews.com/news/134724/rupiah-depreciates-against-us-dollar-over-trade-deficit

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