Video: These Sentiments Are Making the Rupiah "Weak" Against the US Dollar

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The exchange rate of the Rupiah continues to experience pressure, even touching a historic low level of Rp 17,300 per US Dollar amid global economic and geopolitical turmoil.

CNBC Indonesia Research Economist, Maesaroh, reveals several sentiments pressuring the Rupiah’s movement, starting from the strengthening of the US Dollar Index, which serves as a safe haven amid wars, to the increasing need for US Dollars during the period of corporate dividend distributions and the performance of the Hajj pilgrimage.

What is the direction of the Rupiah exchange rate movement and Indonesia’s capital markets? For more details, watch the dialogue between Shafinaz Nachiar and CNBC Indonesia Research Economist, Maesaroh, in Squawk Box, CNBC Indonesia (Monday, 27/04/2026).