KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Bank Indonesia's (BI) plan to no longer issue 12-month notes in its monetary operations will help its efforts to lift economic growth by guiding liquidity away from the popular instrument and back to the market, a senior official said on Wednesday. Last week, BI said it would stop the issuance of the 12-month Bank Indonesia Certificate, known as SBI, and offer 12-month reverse repurchase of government bonds in its monetary operations, a move intended to strengthen policy transmission. The change to be implement from Oct. 4 followed a third interest rate cut by the central bank in three months and relaxation of lending rules, as it stepped up efforts to cushion the domestic economy from the impact of the global economic slowdown.
Change to Indonesia central bank monetary operations to help lift growth
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Bank Indonesia's (BI) plan to no longer issue 12-month notes in its monetary operations will help its efforts to lift economic growth by guiding liquidity away from the popular instrument and back to the market, a senior official said on Wednesday. Last week, BI said it would stop the issuance of the 12-month Bank Indonesia Certificate, known as SBI, and offer 12-month reverse repurchase of government bonds in its monetary operations, a move intended to strengthen policy transmission. The change to be implement from Oct. 4 followed a third interest rate cut by the central bank in three months and relaxation of lending rules, as it stepped up efforts to cushion the domestic economy from the impact of the global economic slowdown.