VIVAnews - Bank Indonesia (BI) should maintain BI Rate at 9.5 percent until January 2008. This is required to keep up with other countries' differentiation of interest rate which is narrowing.
"BI should maintain its rate until January to prevent interest rate differential with other markets from broadening," said Bank Danamon Head of Economists Anton Gunawan, Sunday, Nov 30.
The risk of too low an interest rate differentiation is that it will stimulate capital outflow. If it happens, the most serious risk is that it will increase the Rupiah's depreciation against foreign currencies, mainly US dollar.
Anton went on to say that the need to hold BI Rate at the current level is based on the fact that the Rupiah's exchange rate is still poor. In addition, BI Rate also needs to be sustained to avoid inflation rate from being too high.
He said that if Bank Indonesia cuts BI Rate under 9.5 percent, it will not be conducive to the business community. The business community is still in a difficult situation due to the decrease in consumption in the United States.
Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W.
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