February 19, 2026 | 04:16 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bank Indonesia (BI) has decided to maintain the benchmark interest rate or BI-Rate at 4.75 percent. The decision was made during the Board of Governors Meeting held on February 18-19, 2026.
"The Bank Indonesia Board of Governors Meeting on February 18 and 19, 2026, decided to maintain the BI-Rate at 4.75 percent," said BI Governor Perry Warjiyo in a press conference following the BI Board of Governors Meeting on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
BI also decided to maintain the deposit facility interest rate at 3.75 percent and the lending facility interest rate at 5.50 percent.
According to Perry, the decision is consistent with the current policy of focusing on efforts to stabilize the rupiah amid high uncertainty in the global financial market. This will support achieving the 2026 inflation targets and stimulate economic growth.
He stated that, in the future, the BI will continue to strengthen the effectiveness of transmitting monetary policy easing and the macroprudential policies pursued thus far, while considering the possibility of lowering the BI Rate further.
The Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM), Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, previously assessed that BI should maintain the benchmark interest rate at 4.75 percent. LPEM UI economist Teuku Riefky stated that general inflation had surged beyond the BI target range in the first month of 2026, at 3.55 percent year on year.
LPEM UI highlighted the pressures on the financial sector following the announcements by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), as well as Moody's downgrade of Indonesia's debt outlook.
"Considering the current conditions, Bank Indonesia should consider maintaining its benchmark interest rate at 4.75 percent at the upcoming board of governors meeting as the appropriate step, given that a rate cut could potentially worsen the outflow of capital and a rise in the benchmark interest rate would harm demand, while various regions in Indonesia are still in the post-disaster recovery phase," Riefky said in the Macroeconomic Analysis Series on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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