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Bank Indonesia was founded on 1 July 1953 from the nationalisation of De Javasche Bank, three years after the recognition of Indonesia's independence by Netherlands. [ 4 ] For the next 15 years, Bank Indonesia carried on commercial activities as well as acting as the nation's national bank and is in charge in issuing Indonesian rupiah currency.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) 16 December 1895 Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) 16 October 1897 [2] Subsidiaries of state-owned banks Bank Mandiri Taspen: 23 February 1970 Bank Mandiri: Non-foreign exchange bank Bank Mayora: 25 February 1993 Bank Negara Indonesia: Foreign exchange bank Bank Raya Indonesia: 27 September 1989 Bank Rakyat Indonesia
The rupiah, which had strengthened to around Rp8,000, depreciated in the wake of the Jakarta riots of May 1998, and in particular the run on the Bank Central Asia, Indonesia's largest private bank, that ensued, causing the bank to be taken over by IBRA on 29 May. The SBI rate was increased to 70% in the wake of massive inflation.
Regional Development Banks (Indonesian: Bank Pembangunan Daerah, or BPD) are a type of bank in Indonesia that is established and owned by the local provincial government. Its purpose is to boost regional development and provide initial capital to the province that private banks would not risk giving, as well as giving basic financial services ...
The first Republican government-controlled bank, the Indonesian State Bank (Bank Negara Indonesia, BNI) was founded on 5 July 1946. It initially acted as the manufacturer and distributor of ORI (Oeang Republik Indonesia/Money of the Republic of Indonesia), a currency issued by the Republican Government which was the predecessor of Rupiah. [45]
Buying rate: Also known as the purchase price, it is the price used by the foreign exchange bank to buy foreign currency from the customer. In general, the exchange rate where the foreign currency is converted to a smaller number of domestic currencies is the buying rate, which indicates how much the country's currency is required to buy a ...
Perry suggested that there may be room for further easing in months ahead saying, "Bank Indonesia thinks there is still room for accommodative policies, in line with a low inflation projection and to push for further economic growth". [11] The following month, in August, Bank Indonesia announced a second cut in the interest rate from 5.75% to 5.5%.
J. Soedradjad Djiwandono (EYD: Sudrajad Jiwandono, also written Sudrajad Djiwandono, Soedradjat Djiwandono and Sudrajat Djiwandono; born 7 August 1938) is an Indonesian economist who was the Governor of Bank Indonesia, the nation's central bank, from 1993 until his sudden dismissal in 1998.