JAKARTA - The rupiah exchange rate on Thursday, May 28, 2026 is expected to weaken against the US dollar.
To note, quoting Bloomberg, on Wednesday, May 27, the spot rupiah exchange rate closed down 0.03 percent to Rp17,801 per US dollar.
Meanwhile, the Jakarta Interbank Spot Dollar Rate (Jisdor) of the Bank Indonesia (BI) on Tuesday, May 26, closed down 0.25 percent to the price level of Rp17,789 per US dollar.
Doo Financial Futures analyst Lukman Leong said the rupiah exchange rate is expected to weaken against the US dollar as the strengthening of the Uncle Sam's currency after the latest news about the US attack on Iran.
According to him, this condition is considered to further complicate the hope of creating peace in the Middle East region.
"The rupiah is expected to weaken against the US dollar which strengthened following the latest news of the US attack on Iran, complicating the prospect of hope for peace in the Middle East," he told VOI, Thursday, May 28.
On the other hand, he added that domestic sentiment also tends to put pressure on the rupiah movement.
"Domestic sentiment is still tending to suppress the rupiah," he said.
Lukman estimates that the movement of the rupiah on Thursday, May 28, 2026 will be in the range of Rp17,750-Rp17,900 per US dollar.
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