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        "id": 1791167,
        "msgid": "rupiah-weakens-amid-escalating-geopolitical-tensions-1780918940",
        "date": "2026-06-08 16:32:15",
        "title": "Rupiah weakens amid escalating geopolitical tensions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian rupiah depreciated by 0.84 per cent to Rp18,188 per US dollar following heightened geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran. Market analysts suggest that the escalation threatens global oil supplies and, coupled with strong US employment data, may prompt the Federal Reserve to maintain or raise interest rates.",
        "content": "<p>The rupiah exchange rate closed lower in today\u2019s trading, weakening\nby 152 points or 0.84 per cent to Rp18,188 per US dollar from the\nprevious Rp18,036 per US dollar. Money market analyst Ibrahim Assuaibi\nnoted that the rupiah\u2019s decline is driven by escalating geopolitical\ntensions following Israeli attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sound of explosions heard in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan erodes\nhopes for an immediate end to a wider war and the resumption of crude\noil flows through the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he stated in a written briefing\nin Jakarta on Monday. Israel has claimed responsibility for attacking a\npetrochemical plant in southwestern Iran, alongside other strikes on\nmilitary targets. This occurs despite reports that US President Donald\nTrump has requested Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to\nexercise restraint regarding further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>While Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israeli targets in\nretaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Trump has insisted that a\ndeal to end a broader conflict remains achievable. The Israeli Prime\nMinister\u2019s Office previously stated that the Israeli military struck the\nsouthern suburbs of Beirut in Lebanon in response to Hezbollah\u2019s rocket\nfire. According to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), Israeli\nairstrikes hit two apartment buildings in a residential area, with no\ncasualties reported. Hezbollah\u2019s operations were triggered by ongoing\nIsraeli strikes on dozens of settlements in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, US economic data for May showed the addition of 172,000\nnon-farm payroll (NFP) jobs, significantly exceeding the expected\n85,000. April\u2019s payroll figures were also revised upwards to 179,000\nfrom 115,000, while the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.3 per\ncent. \u201cThe stronger-than-expected NFP report supports the argument for\nthe Fed to keep interest rates unchanged or even raise them, as\nofficials assess the inflationary impact of higher energy prices,\u201d said\nIbrahim. The Bank Indonesia Jakarta Interbank Spot Dollar Rate (JISDOR)\nalso weakened to Rp18,171 per US dollar from the previous Rp18,039 per\nUS dollar.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rupiah-weakens-amid-escalating-geopolitical-tensions-1780918940",
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