# Rupiah Exchange Rate Influenced by US Election Won by Democrats

> An economist said the rupiah’s November 6 trading was being influenced by the Democratic Party’s decisive U.S. midterm victory. Investors initially showed greater risk appetite, then sold U.S. stocks and shifted away from AI-related shares toward safe havens amid concerns about tighter AI regulation; Indonesia’s third-quarter GDP growth accelerated to 5.47% year over year.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T03:12:36.832Z
- Category: macro · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/83294-rupiah-exchange-rate-influenced-by-us-election-won-by-democrats
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

The risk-on and safe-haven shifts can affect the rupiah and, in turn, Indonesian import costs, while lower oil prices ease energy-related cost pressure. No direct feed-commodity supply change is identified.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2017-01-31 | [FED Disapointment Sees The US To Canadian Dollar Exchange Rate Slide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73225-fed-disapointment-sees-the-us-to-canadian-dollar-exchange-rate-slide.md) | +0.7% | +2.6% |
| WTI | 2018-05-31 | [Oil Price Slides, Canadian Dollar Exchange Rates Side With It \| Exchange Rates UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65244-oil-price-slides-canadian-dollar-exchange-rates-side-with-it-exchange-rates-uk.md) | -5.1% | +11.1% |
| WTI | 2020-03-16 | [Mexico Exchange Rate March 2020 - FocusEconomics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54339-mexico-exchange-rate-march-2020-focuseconomics.md) | -35.6% | -29.5% |
| WTI | 2020-04-28 | [2020-2022 Exchange Rate Forecasts: Pound-Dollar And Euro-Pound To Rise As USD Losses To Prevail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53874-2020-2022-exchange-rate-forecasts-pound-dollar-and-euro-pound-to-rise-as-usd.md) | +65.3% | +179.6% |
| WTI | 2020-10-30 | [USD/CAD Helped By Oil Weakness, But Election Anxiety Keeps a Lid - Currency Live](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50856-usd-cad-helped-by-oil-weakness-but-election-anxiety-keeps-a-lid-currency-live.md) | +7.3% | +26.5% |
| BRENT | 2018-05-31 | [Oil Price Slides, Canadian Dollar Exchange Rates Side With It \| Exchange Rates UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65244-oil-price-slides-canadian-dollar-exchange-rates-side-with-it-exchange-rates-uk.md) | -3.1% | +0.2% |
| BRENT | 2020-10-30 | [USD/CAD Helped By Oil Weakness, But Election Anxiety Keeps a Lid - Currency Live](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50856-usd-cad-helped-by-oil-weakness-but-election-anxiety-keeps-a-lid-currency-live.md) | +8.3% | +27.9% |
| BRENT | 2019-07-01 | [Oil Plunges in Worst Reaction to OPEC Since 2014 on Demand Woes - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58299-oil-plunges-in-worst-reaction-to-opec-since-2014-on-demand-woes-bloomberg.md) | -4.2% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- antaranews.com: https://www.antaranews.com/berita/5835791/kurs-rupiah-dipengaruhi-hasil-pemilu-as-yang-dimenangkan-demokrat

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