The monetary policy targets the very short end of the yield curve although real economic activity is largely dependent upon the medium to long- term market interest rates. Conventional wisdom is that decrease in the monetary policy target rate leads to an immediate decrease in market interest...

After the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia changed its exchange rate system from a managed floating to flexible type, allowing market forces greater influence in determining the country's exchange rate. While the managed floating exchange rate system has brought predictable results to a certain...