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Bank Indonesia makes first direct government bond buys

Published Wed, Apr 22, 2020 · 09:50 PM
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INDONESIA'S central bank made its first direct purchases of sovereign debt in primary auctions this week as foreign investors fled as officials said it had bought 4.65 trillion rupiah (S$428.5 million) of government bonds.

The purchases follow a relaxing of rules to help keep yields steady and finance Indonesia's ballooning fiscal defic…

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