Coordinating Minister Airlangga: Weakening The Rupiah Because The United States' Economy Is Improved

JAKARTA - The rupiah exchange rate against the United States (US) dollar continues to show a weakening trend to date.

Citing Bloomberg data, the rupiah exchange rate in the spot market, Thursday, June 20, at 14.30 WIB, weakened 0.33 percent at the level of Rp. 16,419 per US dollar.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto also opened his voice.

Airlangga said his party would monitor this.

He also did not deny the weakening of the rupiah because currently the economic condition of the United States (US) is improving.

"Yes, we'll just monitor it. Because, right, the various USD currencies are strong and the US economy is indeed improving," said Airlangga when met by reporters at his office, Thursday, June 20.

According to him, Bank Indonesia (BI) will continue to monitor this every day.

"We just monitor it and it's BI which will continue to monitor it daily," he said.

When asked further about the possibility of the rupiah continuing to weaken in the future, Airlangga spoke up.

"Yes, we see," he added.