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Indonesia Holds Benchmark Rate at 5.75%, Matching Expectations

Indonesia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.75% on Wednesday, in line with market expectations. The decision leaves borrowing costs steady as policymakers weigh inflation against currency stability. No change was made to the policy stance.

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The hold itself was priced, so the signal is in the framing: inflation and currency stability are the competing constraints, and the second one matters most for crypto and RWA desks watching rupiah-linked flows. A steady benchmark keeps local yields unchanged, which tends to leave domestic capital looking abroad for return and keeps dollar-denominated digital assets relatively more attractive at the margin. Whether the bank's language shifts toward either side of that trade-off is the open question for anyone tracking Indonesian participation in regional crypto markets.

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