Rupiah Is Estimated To Weaken Limited Ahead Of FOMC Decree

JAKARTA - The rupiah exchange rate in trading Monday, December 8, 2025 is estimated to weaken to a limited US dollar (US).

Citing Bloomberg data, Friday, December 5, 2025, the rupiah spot exchange closed higher by 0.03 percent to the level of Rp. 16,648 per US dollar.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta Interbank Spot Dollar Rate (Jisdor) exchange rate of Bank Indonesia (BI) closed down 0.05 percent to a price level of IDR 16,655 per US dollar.

Doo Financial Futures analyst Lukman Leong estimates that the rupiah will move consolidatively against the US dollar with limited potential for weakness.

He added that a slight strengthening of the US dollar index came after a survey showed consumer sentiment in the United States was stronger than expected.

"Rupiah is expected to consolidate against the US dollar with limited potential to weaken. The US dollar index itself is slightly stronger after the survey showed stronger consumer sentiment in the US than expected," he told VOI, Monday, December 8.

However, Lukman said investors were still waiting and see ahead of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to get instructions on the policy direction of the Fed in the future.

"However, investors are still waiting and see looking forward to this Wednesday's FOMC meeting for instructions on the policy direction of the Fed in the future," he said.

Lukman estimates that the movement of the rupiah on Monday, December 8, will be around Rp16,600-Rp16,700 per US dollar.