Rupiah -3% on Outflows, Geopolitics & US Data

Key Summary:
- IDR was performing impressively
- USD strengthened last week
- Assessment of IDR short-term outlook
After impressively outperforming against USD in June-September, Rupiah (IDR) started to see a correction back to 15,500-15,600 (-3%) last week, in-line with our expectation as mentioned previously.
The rally: In the past few months, IDR performed strongly vs. USD, where it was up +8% from its bottom around 16,400 in June to testing its psychological level of 15,000 at the end of September.