On January 1, the Aussie dollar bought roughly 10,000 rupiah, but this week it touched a high of 10,480 IDR. That means a 4.8 per cent lift in the spending power of Australian tourists travelling ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank on Wednesday tried to tame market concerns over the rupiah's recent depreciation to a 27-year low, saying the situation is far from a repeat of the 1998 ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s central bank stepped into the currency market to defend the rupiah on Tuesday, as growing concerns over politics, government spending and capital flight pushed the ...