Finance Minister: Indonesia's annual inflation likely to remain below 3% in January.

By bne IntelliNews January 27, 2010
According to news agency Reuters , Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated on Tuesday that Indonesia's inflation was likely to remain below 3% this month. Bank Indonesia had decided earlier in the month to keep its key interest rates unchanged at a record low of 6.5% on the assessment that price pressures were unlikely to increase during H1/2010. The official inflation rate for January is to be released next Monday and Bank Indonesia is scheduled to review its rate policy next week. The annual inflation rate for December stood at 2.78%.

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