Bank Indonesia left the seven-day reverse repo rate at 5.75%, matching the expectation of 15 of 29 economists in a REUTERS SURVEY; the remainder had expected at least a 25bp hike to curb selling. The central bank raised the overnight deposit facility rate by 25bp to 5.00% and kept the lending facility rate at 6.50%. BI delivered a cumulative 100bp of hikes across three moves in May–June to defend Indonesia's rupiah. Last week MSCI warned it may downgrade the Indonesian equity market to "standalo

APEC finance ministers met in Hong Kong on Oct. 20-21, 2026 and issued a policy statement encouraging members to develop reliable, accessible, scalable, trustworthy, secure and resilient digital infrastructure. The statement calls for improving digital literacy and skills, enhancing interoperability and strengthening cross-border digital connectivity to accelerate Asia‑Pacific digitalisation. It endorses voluntary, non‑binding cooperation under APEC finance and fiscal mechanisms to advance digital infrastructure financing. The statement urges the private sector to deploy catalytic financing tools — including financing leases and asset securitisation — to unlock investment and lower financing barriers, and to scale up capital mobilisation by integrating pension funds, insurers and sovereign wealth funds.

美元兌日元USD/JPY向下觸及158，日內跌0.10%。