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Article: Indonesian central bank seeks lending rate cut
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 15, 2009
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Indonesian central bank seeks lending rate cut
JAKARTA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian central bank is
planning to hold talks with the government and banks as an effort to
accelerate lending rate reduction, a local media reported here
Saturday.
The talks is planned as Bank Indonesia's monetary easing policy
taken in December 2008 has failed to be followed by banks in
lowering their lending rate for business.
"We will soon invite them (national banks) and the government to
sit together to seek a wayout," Bank Indonesia Senior Deputy
Governor Darmin Nasution quoted by Antara news agency as saying
here.
Earlier this month, the central bank cut its benchmark interest
rate for a ...