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Indonesia’s rupiah sinks to record low as Prabowo shrugs off rout fears

South China Morning Post · · 224 words · By Resty Woro Yuniar
Economic stability Political Rhetoric Currency Devaluation
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The rupiah fell to 17,720 per US dollar on Tuesday”
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Only one specific web search result ('Indonesia’s rupiah sinks to record low as Prabowo shrugs off rout fears') explicitly confirms the rate of 17,720 per US dollar on Tuesday. Other results are general currency converters or historical data from different years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multiling…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired military officer who has served as the eighth president of Indonesia since 2024. He previo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabowo_Subianto
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Santa Cruz massacre (also known as the Dili massacre) was the murder of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_massacre
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“Indonesia’s main stock index, the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI), tumbled 3.46 per cent on the same day”
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The provided evidence mentions the JCI in various contexts (projections, different dates, and a 3.53% rise), but none of the sources confirm a 3.46% tumble on the specific Tuesday mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The crash ended on 7 April 2020. Beginning on 13 May 2019, the yield curve …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_stock_market_crash
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, a futures contract (sometimes called futures) is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery at a specified time in the future, between par…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_contract
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The IDX Composite (formerly: JSX Composite, Indonesian: Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan, lit. 'Combined Stock Prices Index', IHSG) is a stock index of all stocks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, ID…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDX_Composite
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“deepening a rout partly triggered by the removal of several Indonesian companies from major global indices including MSCI and FTSE Russell”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Indonesian companies (including BREN) were removed from MSCI and FTSE Russell indices, with one source explicitly linking this to a sink in the IHSG (JCI).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FTSE Global Equity Index Series is a series of stock market indices provided by FTSE Group. It was launched in September 2003, and provides coverage of over 17,000 stocks in 48 countries, covering…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_Global_Equity_Index_Serie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, a stock market index or stock index is an index that measures the performance of a stock market, or of a subset of a stock market. It helps investors compare current stock price levels wit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_index
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“Prabowo pushed back against what he called exaggerated warnings about the country’s economy”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general biographical information about Prabowo Subianto from Wikipedia and Britannica, but does not contain any record of him pushing back against economic warnings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo[a][b] (born 17 October 1951) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired military officer who has served as the eighth president of Indonesia since 2024. He …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabowo_Subianto
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · Prabowo Subianto is a former Indonesian army general and businessman, born on October 17, 1951, in Jakarta. He was born to a wealthy and politically well-connected family as the third of…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Prabowo-Subianto
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 15, 2024 · After two failed attempts, Prabowo Subianto has finally clawed his way into Indonesia's ultimate seat of power. The ex-military general, accused of rights abuses and war crimes during t…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68237141
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“Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa is [Finance Minister]”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from Deutsche Welle and multiple web search results stating that Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa was appointed as Indonesia's Minister of Finance in September 2025, succeeding Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa (born 7 July 1964) is an Indonesian economist and engineer who has been serving as Minister of Finance since 2025 under President Prabowo Subianto. He previously served as head of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purbaya_Yudhi_Sadewa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current finance ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Finance ministers of sovereign countries with limited recogniti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_finance_minist…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Menteri Keuangan) is the head of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. The minister is tasked with organizing government affairs in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ministers_of_finance_(…
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