Indonesia Central Bank Intervenes With Higher Intensity Amid Rupiah's Fall - Official

RUPIAH - JAKARTA. Indonesia's central bank has intervened with "slightly higher intensity" in the spot foreign exchange and domestic non-deliverable forward markets to avoid "extreme" rupiah volatility, a senior official said on Friday.

The rupiah hit a fresh 3-year low of 15,860 per U.S. dollar earlier on Friday.

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Edi Susianto, Bank Indonesia's (BI) head of monetary management, told Reuters the rupiah's depreciation was triggered by market worries about the Middle East conflict, U.S. monetary tightening, as well as concerns regarding the economic performance of the European Union and China.

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