Rupiah Menguat ke Posisi Rp11.745 per Dolar AS
Indonesian Rupiah Currency Stronger to Rp11,763 per US Dollar
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Kamis, 20 Februari 2014
Foto: iberita.com

Jakarta (B2B) - Nilai tukar rupiah yang ditransaksikan antarbank di Jakarta pada Kamis pagi, bergerak menguat sebesar 18 poin ke posisi Rp11.745 dibanding sebelumnya Rp11.763 per dolar AS.

Pengamat pasar uang dari PT Bank Himpunan Saudara, Rully Nova di Jakarta, Kamis mengatakan mata uang domestik kembali menguat meski cenderung terbatas setelah the Fed memberi sinyal untuk melanjutkan pemangkasan stimulus keuangannya meski sebagian data ekonomi AS cenderung melemah.

Selain itu, ujarnya, tren mata uang domestik masih di area positif sesuai dengan fundamental ekonomi Indonesia yang membaik.

Sementara itu, analis Monex Investindo Futures, Zulfirman Basir mengatakan berkurangnya aktivitas manufaktur China juga dapat menahan laju rupiah terus meningkat lebih tinggi, mengingat China merupakan salah satu mitra dagang utama Indonesia.

"Aktivitas China yang melambat dapat mengganggu kinerja neraca keuangan Indonesia," kata dia.

Ia memproyeksikan kurs rupiah pada Kamis ini akan bergerak di kisaran Rp11.675--Rp11.890 per dolar AS.


Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian rupiah currency closed stronger at Rp11,763 per dollar on Wednesday evening, climbing 110 points from Rp11,873 per dollar reported a day earlier.

"The rupiahs exchange rate appreciated on the back of domestic sentiment, on Wednesday, after it was corrected on Tuesday," Rully Nova, a money market observer of Bank Himpunan Saudara noted here on Wednesday.

The Indonesian currency continues to show a positive trend, along with the countrys positive economic fundamentals this year, he stated.

"One of the effects of the positive economic fundamentals can be seen from the expectation of stable inflation and the projected decline in trade deficit," he added.

Meanwhile, the US economy that had yet to fully support the Federal Reserves plan to continue tapering its financial stimulus had put pressure on the dollar, he claimed.

"It is expected that the US will not be too aggressive in tapering the financial stimulus. This is one of the reasons why the dollar will come under pressure," he emphasized.

According to the mid rate of Bank Indonesia, the central bank, the rupiah weakened to Rp11,850 per dollar on Wednesday as compared to Rp11,826 per dollar recorded on Tuesday.
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