# Impact of US Shutdown towards Indonesian Economy - ObserverID | Independent English News & Analysis on Indonesia

> An Indonesian researcher assesses the expected short US government shutdown from late January to mid-February 2018. The analysis argues the effect on the rupiah and Jakarta equity index would be minimal, since the dollar tends to weaken during shutdowns.

- Date: 2018-01-25 · published 2018-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67285-impact-of-us-shutdown-towards-indonesian-economy-observerid-independent-english
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A brief US shutdown has limited direct effect on feed commodity supply or demand. Any dollar softening would marginally lower import costs for Indonesian buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- observerid.com: https://observerid.com/impact-of-us-shutdown-towards-indonesian-economy/

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