How to Use rupiah in a Sentence

rupiah

noun
  • There are indeed valid reasons why the rupiah is falling.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • But like the Swiss franc and the Indonesian rupiah, tight end is a beast to fake.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Its central bank nonetheless raised rates twice in May to stabilise the rupiah.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Smaller shops and local warungs may not accept cards, so having some rupiah on hand is always helpful.
    — Zahra Surya Darma, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • That’s why the rupiah recently crashed through 18,000 per dollar to record lows.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • When foreign investors pull money out of the country, demand for the rupiah drops, and the currency weakens.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • The budget has bulked up to a minimum 700 million rupiah per village.
    — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2019
  • But the rupiah’s latest slide is reviving memories the market would rather forget.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • So far this year, Jakarta has used $10 billion of its foreign exchange reserves to stabilize the rupiah.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The rupiah was little changed at 16,384 to the dollar, while stocks increased gains to 1% after the data.
    — Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The report comes as the rupiah sits at a record low versus the dollar, with questions about the country’s fiscal health rampant and trouble with capital outflows.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 June 2026
  • 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 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
  • Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves fell for a fifth straight month in May, underscoring the cost of policymakers’ efforts to steady the rupiah after its slide to a record low.
    — Grace Sihombing, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
  • Analysts expect Indonesian shares to rise on Thursday and the rupiah strengthen as investors welcome the election result and the way there won’t be a run-off election in June.
    — Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index is down nearly 20% across Prabowo’s first five months in power, while the rupiah tests 26-year lows.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Asian currency strength may give some relief to currencies such as the Philippine peso, Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah that have been weakening.
    — Marcus Wong, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Since the start of the war, the dollar has gained more than 4% against the Indian rupee, the Korean won, the Indonesian rupiah, and the Thai baht, and more than 2% against the yen.
    — Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • None of those appear to have helped, with the rupiah weakening against the dollar to a record 18,190 on June 8, despite Jakarta draining its forex reserves to prop up the rupiah.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Bank Indonesia highlighted that the depreciation of the rupiah was also driven by foreign portfolio investment outflows.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • Trading halted after the benchmark fell 8% on Thursday, according to a press release from the bourse, while the Indonesian rupiah weakened marginally to 16,778 against the greenback.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The free meals program, costing about 268 trillion rupiah ($15 billion) for this year alone, is aimed at alleviating poverty and malnutrition but Prabowo recently fired the head of the program amid a massive graft probe.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026

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