JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia's central bank has announced new rules designed to counter speculative trading in the rupiah, and later issued a statement clarifying one of the measures, which take effect next month. * Earlier, at a press conference, BI had said the cash threshold for FX purchases was being reduced to $50,000 from $100,000. * Measures on non-deliverable forwards and swaps remain as outlined at Tuesday's press conference. * The threshold for selling domestic non-deliverable forward transactions will be increased from $5 million per transaction to $10 million per transaction. * The threshold for buying and selling swap transactions will be increased from $5 million to $10 million per transaction.

Source: The Star March 22, 2026 13:39 UTC