How to Use rupiah in a Sentence

rupiah

noun

• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024