Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The rupiah traded among banks on Friday afternoon, moving down by 132 points to Rp12.519 compared to the previous position Rp12.387 per US dollar.
"External sentiment back pushed the US dollar strengthened in the global markets that affected the weakening rupiah," said Head of Futures Research Monex Investindo Ariston Tjendra on Friday.
According to him, the strengthening of the US dollar caused by the difference in the outlook for the US central bank policy (the Fed) to the central banks of other developed countries where the Fed's policies more towards the central bank tightening while other developed countries are still the focus of the monetary easing.
Condition, he added, would make the market tend to prefer the US dollar than other currencies, as the Federal Reserve are on track to raise interest rates this year.
"On the other hand, the release of US manufacturing report adds to the strength of the expected increase speculation the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates," he said.
Head of Research Woori Korindo Securities Indonesia Reza Priyambada adding that the macro-economic data Indonesia is still below expectations become one of the negative sentiment for the currency.
Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded inflation reached 2.46 percent in December 2014, as affected by the rising prices of subsidized gasoline and diesel fuel in November. While the national inflation rate in 2014 reached 8.36 percent, or slightly lower than the rate of inflation in 2013 amounted to 8.38 percent.
"Inflation in December 2014 was slightly above expectations, expected future inflation is more stable," he said.
Meanwhile, the exchange rate of Bank Indonesia on Friday (2/1) recorded the rupiah currency weakened to Rp12.474 than the previous day, Tuesday (30/12) in the position of Rp12.440 per US dollar. (MFD)
