JAKARTA, Oct 16 — Indonesia's central bank has maintained the interest rate at six per cent after reducing it by 0.25 percentage points last month, said Governor of Bank Indonesia, Perry Warjiyo today, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, Sept 28 — The renewal of the Local Currency Bilateral Swap Agreement (LCBSA) between Malaysia and Indonesia enables the exchange of local currencies between Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) with a RM24 billion or IDR82 trillion value for five years.

JAKARTA, Feb 1 — Indonesia's economy grew 5.0 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, supported by resilient domestic consumption, despite exports shrinking and commodity prices falling, a Reuters poll of 23 economists found.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bank Indonesia (BI), and Bank of Thailand (BOT) have signed three bilateral memoranda of understanding (MOUs) on the Framework for Cooperation to Promote Bilateral Transactions in Local Currencies.

JAKARTA, Oct 7 — Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves dropped by US$1.8 billion (RM7.49 billion) in September to $135.2 billion (RM562.36 billion), mainly due to the government's foreign debt payment as well as efforts to stabilise the rupiah, the central bank said on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Sept 3 — Bank Indonesia intervened to smooth volatility in the rupiah on Wednesday, as the currency came under pressure on worries about central bank independence following a proposal to give the government more authority in monetary policy decisions.