Bank Indonesia Halts Release of Rupiah Stability Indicator
Bank Indonesia (BI) has stopped publishing weekly data on Rupiah stability indicators, including developments in the exchange rate and yields on Government Securities (SBN), starting from the first week of March 2026. The indicators are typically released at the end of the week, but the latest release was on Friday, 27 February 2026. ‘Going forward, to strengthen accountability and reliability of data, starting the first week of March 2026, the press release on the Rupiah Stability Indicator Developments will not be issued,’ said Ramdan Denny Prakoso, Executive Director of BI’s Department of Communications in a press release on Friday, 27 February 2026. Tempo sought comment from Prakoso on the reasons behind halting the indicator’s release, but he did not provide an answer. He said that from the first week of March 2026, the public could access information on Rupiah stability indicator developments via other platforms. ‘The public needing information on the DXY, the US Treasury yields (UST yields), and SBN yields can update in real time via the data platforms provided by those institutions,’ Prakoso told Tempo on Sunday, 8 March 2026. Based on data from Trading Economics, the rupiah weakened to Rp16,949 per US dollar on Friday 6 March 2026. The DXY strengthened to 98.98; the 10-year US Treasury yield stood at 4.133%; and the SBN yield was at 6.588%. Previously, BI also stopped presenting weekly data on foreign capital flows. BI announced this via a press release on Friday 6 February 2026, saying that developments in foreign capital flows could be seen on the portals of the respective institutions. The developments of stock market transactions can be accessed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange site. The daily SBN ownership developments can be accessed on the Ministry of Finance site. The weekly Rupiah Securities (SRBI) transaction developments can be accessed on BI’s site. Thus, the developments of the indicators above are no longer published in press release format,’ Prakoso said.