How to Use rupiah in a Sentence

rupiah

noun
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  • The rupiah has weakened 1.5% against the dollar in the first three weeks of August.
    — Shuli Ren | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • With the farm, the widow and mother of four could make up to 6 million rupiah (around $386) in one month from her year-round harvests.
    — Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There’s been some respite since then, with the rupiah and bonds posting their first weekly gain in six and stocks climbing 3.3 percent last week.
    — Viriya Singgih, Bloomberg.com, 28 May 2018
  • Indonesia’s central bank last month raised rates twice in less than two weeks to stem the slide in its currency, the rupiah.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • The bank was still able to trade government bonds and the rupiah and to underwrite stock and debt for private companies.
    — Ben Otto, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The Indonesian rupiah has risen 2.3% against the dollar.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Its central bank nonetheless raised rates twice in May to stabilise the rupiah.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • In Asia, the Indonesian rupiah pared back steep falls to end 0.2% lower, while the South African rand retraced its losses to finish up 0.1%.
    — Olga Cotaga, WSJ, 9 May 2018
  • Yields that are about twice that of regional peers -- along with economic reforms -- have helped rupee and rupiah bonds reel in the cash this year.
    — Y-Sing Liau, Bloomberg.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • And South Korea and Indonesia just weeks ago signed an accord to promote direct exchanges of the won and rupiah.
    — Michelle Jamrisko, Fortune, 2 June 2023
  • The budget has bulked up to a minimum 700 million rupiah per village.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2019
  • In Indonesia, where the rupiah has fallen to its weakest level against the dollar in more than two years, fuel prices are an election issue.
    — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 17 June 2018
  • The rupiah has been hit by investor flight from emerging markets and is currently trading near its weakest level in 20 years.
    — Ben Otto, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2018
  • On the surprisingly strong side of the ledger sits the Indonesian rupiah, which has depreciated only about 4.5% against the dollar this year.
    — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The bank relied on dollar selling in the domestic foreign-exchange market to slow the rupiah’s decline against the U.S. currency.
    — I Made Sentana, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The South African rand fell sharply while Indonesia’s rupiah was hovering around levels last seen during the Asian financial crisis two decades ago.
    — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2018
  • Bank Indonesia held its benchmark interest rate for a sixth straight month last week, with its attention firmly on the rupiah instead.
    — Karlis Salna, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • That day the rupiah appreciated 28% against the greenback.
    — Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
  • The lira has slid nearly 20% this month against the dollar, and 21% against the yen, while other currencies such as the Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah and Brazilian real are at or near multiyear lows.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Still, with 39% of sovereign debt owned by foreigners, the world’s fourth-most-populous country is keenly sensitive to global investors’ mood swings and the need to defend the rupiah with high interest rates.
    — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Investors also ran away from risk in currency markets, with the dollar rising against the Indonesian rupiah, Australian dollar and Chinese yuan.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
  • The carry-to-risk ratios for the Mexican peso and Indonesian rupiah show the greatest premium over their five-year average among the currencies analyzed.
    — Masaki Kondo, Bloomberg.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • During the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, for instance, Indonesian companies borrowed heavily in dollars during boom times — then were wiped out when the Indonesian rupiah crashed against the dollar.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Indonesia’s currency, the rupiah, earlier on Thursday weakened to levels last seen during the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, a worrying sign for jittery investors.
    — Chong Koh Ping and Serena Ng, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2020
  • And some central banks have raised borrowing costs aggressively: Bank Indonesia, for example, has boosted benchmark rates by 1 percentage point in recent months to restrain the rupiah’s slide.
    — Saumya Vaishampayan, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
  • Indonesia’s new central bank governor last month signaled more rate increases to bolster the country’s weakening rupiah, which is hovering near its lowest level since late 2015.
    — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, 3 June 2018
  • Sweden has been working with Accenture on an e-krona, while Ghana is piloting an e-cedi and Indonesia is developing a prototype for a digital rupiah.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Overseas investors often sell down their Indonesian stockholdings when the rupiah weakens, because local companies’ earnings become less valuable in dollar terms.
    — Ben Otto and I Made Sentana, WSJ, 7 May 2018
  • Indonesia’s central bank stood pat as expected during its July policy meeting to maintain the stability of the rupiah and ensure that inflation remains under control.
    — Ying Xian Wong, WSJ, 25 July 2023

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