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Indonesia tackling dysfunctional money markets

Analysts say the process will be long, central bank needs to become more effective in signalling, and the markets require more tools and products

Published Tue, Apr 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Jakarta

INDONESIA'S central bank has taken a first step to fix the country's dysfunctional and often volatile short-term money markets - but the journey will be long.

Frustrated by futile attempts to push down the high cost of funds, Bank Indonesia (BI) is shifting in August to a seven-day operating rate as its policy rate, abandoning the current 12-month reference one.

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