-- Bank Indonesia stepped into foreign-exchange markets after the rupiah weakened 0.2% to a record low of 17,422 per dollar, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
The intervention efforts by the central bank included offshore and onshore non-deliverable forwards, spot transactions, and secondary-market bond purchases, according to the report, citing a text message by Erwin Hutapea, executive director of monetary and securities management.
Hutapea reassured that the central bank will continue taking measures to stabilize the rupiah, the report said.
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