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Parliament’s New Finance Law: Because Who Needs an Independent Central Bank Anyway?

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1The Indonesian Parliament (DPR) ratified revisions to the country's finance laws.DPR, Indonesian Parliament, finance lawsCNBC Indonesia (archived)
2The revisions introduce a mechanism for Parliament to replace the directors of Bank Indonesia.Bank Indonesia, Parliament, DPRCNBC Indonesia (archived)
3The revisions grant Parliament the power to make binding recommendations on Bank Indonesia’s monetary policy.Bank Indonesia, Parliament, DPR, monetary policyBloomberg Technoz (archived)
4The revisions formalize Bank Indonesia’s new responsibility of driving economic growth.Bank Indonesia, economic growthKatadata (archived)
5Bank Indonesia’s traditional mandate includes maintaining monetary stability.Bank Indonesia, monetary stabilityKatadata (archived)
6Bank Indonesia has published research highlighting the importance of central bank independence.Bank Indonesia, central bank independenceBank Indonesia (BI Institute / BI-Epsilon) (archived)
7The Turkish lira has strengthened relative to the rupiah over the last month.Turkish lira, rupiahfreecurrencyrates.com (CBR daily fixed rates) (archived)
8Government-supporting seats make up 81% of the DPR.DPR, government-supporting seatsBisnis.com (Kabar24) (archived)
9As of 4 June 2026, the latest draft of the finance law revisions remains publicly inaccessible.finance law revisions, DPRBloomberg Technoz (archived)