# Pengamat: Pelemahan Rupiah Dipicu Kenaikan Suku Bunga The Fed

> A Jakarta money-market analyst attributed the rupiah's recent weakness to the US Federal Reserve's 25 basis point rate hike to 1.50-1.75%. He expected the pressure to be short-term and noted that protectionist US trade policy could restrain the dollar.

- Date: 2018-03-23 · published 2018-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66311-pengamat-pelemahan-rupiah-dipicu-kenaikan-suku-bunga-the-fed
- Commodities: [Indonesian Rupiah (IDR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDIDR.md)

## Why it matters

Fed tightening draws capital out of emerging markets, pressuring Indonesian currency and raising import costs for feed ingredients. The analyst's view that the pressure is temporary suggests limited lasting price impact.

## Read by commodity

- USDIDR: bearish ▼

## Sources

- investor.id: https://investor.id/macroeconomics/173602/pengamat-pelemahan-rupiah-dipicu-kenaikan-suku-bunga-the-fed

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