The year 2016 is about to close its door, and have left many scars in the economic and political arena around the world – nonetheless – Indonesia. The spotlight for the next two months is in the US, with the presidential election on the 8 th of November, and the Federal Reserve announcement on the Fed Fund Rate on the 15 th of December. The consensus have been leaning towards a higher rate on December, with 36.7% predicted that it will be raise by 0.5-0.75 bps. Eyeballing the macro data from the US recently, there is certainly a high probability that the fed will raise the rate – despite the higher jobless claims and lower consumer confidence in October. On another note, the political field in the US is definitely an odd one where most young Americans are deciding not to vote on this year presidential election [ link ]. Enough with the US, back home in Indonesia, the central bank (Bank Indonesia) just cut the benchmark rate 7 day reverse repo on 20 th of October by 0...
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