JAKARTA - The rupiah exchange rate on Thursday, January 15, 2026 is expected to weaken against the US dollar.
Citing data from Bloomberg, Wednesday, January 14, 2025, the spot rupiah exchange rate closed up 0.07 percent to Rp16,877 per US dollar.
Meanwhile, the Jakarta Interbank Spot Dollar Rate (Jisdor) exchange rate of the Bank Indonesia (BI) closed up 0.02 percent to the price level of Rp16,871 per US dollar.
Doo Financial Futures analyst Lukman Leong assessed that the rupiah has the potential to weaken against the US dollar in line with the release of US economic data, such as the producer price index (PPI), retail sales, and the housing sector, which are stronger than expected.
"The rupiah has the potential to weaken against the US dollar following stronger-than-expected US economic data on PPI, retail sales and housing," he told VOI, Thursday, January 15.
However, he added that the strengthening of the US dollar was also driven by hawkish statements from a number of Fed officials.
"The US dollar was also supported by hawkish statements from several Fed officials last night," he explained.
Lukman said that Bank Indonesia (BI) is expected to intervene again so that it has the opportunity to hold back the weakening and encourage the strengthening of the rupiah.
"However, again, BI is expected to intervene again and can turn around to strengthen the rupiah," he said.
Lukman estimates that the movement of the rupiah on Thursday, January 15, 2026 will be in the range of Rp16,800-Rp16,950 per US dollar.
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