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Monday, January 20, 2014

Tuesday morning rupiah strengthened to Rp12.100



Tuesday morning rupiah strengthened to Rp12.100

 The rupiah traded at Jakarta interbank moved higher on Tuesday morning at nine points to Rp12.100 than ever in a position Rp12.109 per U.S. dollar .

Money market analyst at Monex Investindo Futures , Zulfirman Basir on Tuesday said that the sentiment of dollars still awake or moving stable , optimism rising foreign exchange reserves are expected to return to withstand the negative sentiments in circulation .

" Investors are still concerned with the projection of high inflation , current account deficit , and the economic slowdown in Indonesia , " said Zulfirman .

Of external , he added , the rupiah is still overshadowed by the continuing financial policy stimulus reduction ( tapering ) ahead of the U.S. central bank 's Federal Open Market Committee ( FOMC ) on 28-29 January.

" Projected , dollars may be traded in the range Rp12.070 - Rp12.155 per U.S. dollar for today (Tuesday , 21/1 ) , " he said .

Meanwhile , an analyst at PT Platon Niaga Futures , Lukman Leong said that the movement of the rupiah is still overshadowed by the rise of the economy yet the countries in Asia , especially China's economy slowed in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 7.7 per cent over the previous period 7 , 8 percent .

" External factors not support the strengthening of the domestic currency , the exchange rate correction is still likely to occur in the majority of the world's major currencies , " said Lukman .

He added that the effects of fiscal stimulus reduction ( tapering ) by the U.S. central bank ( the Fed ) will weigh on the currency of developing countries , including Indonesia due to make U.S. dollar liquidity getting tighter .

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