Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to maintain the benchmark interest rate or BI-Rate at 4.75 percent.
In addition, BI also maintained the deposit facility interest rate and the lending facility interest rate at 3.75 percent and 5.50 percent, respectively.
BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said BI decided to maintain the BI-Rate or reference interest rate at 4.75 percent.
"The Bank Indonesia Board of Governors (RDG) meeting on December 16-17, 2025 decided to maintain the BI-Rate at 4.75 percent," Perry said in a press conference, Wednesday, December 17.
According to Perry, this decision is consistent with efforts to maintain the stability of the rupiah exchange rate in the midst of still high global uncertainty while strengthening the effectiveness of the transmission of monetary and macroprudential policy easing that has been taken so far to maintain stability and encourage the national economy.
Looking ahead, Perry said BI would continue to monitor the room for further BI-Rate reductions, with inflation estimates for 2025 and 2026 remaining under control within the target of 2.5 percent plus minus 1 percent, as well as the need to continue to encourage higher economic growth.
Meanwhile, he added that the easing of macroprudential policy was strengthened by increasing the effectiveness of the implementation of liquidity provision to banks to accelerate the decline in interest rates and increase credit growth to the real sector, especially the government's priority sectors.
Perry said the payment system policy was also aimed at contributing to economic growth, through the expansion of digital payment acceptance, strengthening the payment industry structure, and increasing the annual capacity of the payment system infrastructure.
"The direction of the mix of monetary policy, macroprudential, and payment systems to maintain stability and encourage sustainable economic growth," he concluded.
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