The rupiah closed Friday, November 6, down 0.03% at Rp18,080 per US dollar after fluctuating during the session. The US dollar index rose 0.39%, while Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves increased to $146.8 billion at the end of October from $146.3 billion in September.
A weaker rupiah raises the local-currency cost of imported feed and agricultural inputs. The reserve increase may offer some support to the currency, but the day’s move was modest.
After 169 past neutral macro events, Chinese Yuan (CNY per USD) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.2%), and -0.0% over 20.
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.