Rupiah gains 0.44% as Indonesia’s economic growth beats forecasts
The currency closed at Rp18,075 per US dollar, while third-quarter economic growth reached 5.47% year on year.
Indonesia’s rupiah strengthened against the US dollar on 5 November 2026, closing 0.44% higher as domestic figures showed faster-than-expected economic growth. Refinitiv data put the closing exchange rate at Rp18,075 per US dollar, compared with Rp18,155 on 4 November.
During the session, the rupiah traded between Rp18,055 and Rp18,170 per US dollar. At 15:00 Western Indonesia Time, the US dollar index, which tracks the currency against six major counterparts, was down 0.16% at 101.405.
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported third-quarter economic growth of 5.47% year on year and 1.59% quarter on quarter. The annual result exceeded the 5.20% forecast in CNBC Indonesia’s survey of 15 institutions and was above the second quarter’s 5.29%.
BPS also reported that unemployment stood at 7.38 million people in August 2026, a decline of 77,000 from August 2025. Employment increased by about 1.4 million people to 147.9 million.
Investors were also awaiting US employment figures due on 6 November as they assessed the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook. Reuters reported that markets assigned an 80.7% probability to a 25-basis-point interest rate increase in December, based on CME FedWatch.
