USD/IDR Price News: Rupiah rises towards $15,000 on upbeat Indonesia GDP, focus on China, Fed updates

USD/IDR retreat from intraday high on upbeat Indonesia Q4 GDP.
Indonesia GDP rose 0.36% QoQ in Q4 versus 0.33% expected and 1.81% prior.
China-linked risk aversion, Fed concerns put a floor under the USD/IDR prices.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

USD/IDR fades the week-start rebound as it drops to $15,050 after Indonesia reported the fourth quarter (Q4) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data. It’s worth noting, however, that the risk-off mood challenges the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) buyers.

Indonesia’s Q4 GDP marked 0.36% QoQ and 5.01% YoY growth during Q4. In doing so, the growth figures are better than the 0.33% and 4.84% market forecasts but stayed below the 1.81% and 5.72% previous releases.

“Southeast Asia's largest economy expanded 5.31% in 2022, Statistics Indonesia data showed, its best annual growth rate in nine years,” said Reuters following the Indonesia GDP release.

Talking about the risks, The weekend headlines suggesting the US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina join the recently hawkish concerns surrounding the US Federal Reserve (Fed) to weigh on sentiment.

Following the US shooting of the China balloon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinked called off his previously planned visit to Beijing. In a reaction to the event, China President Xi Jinping termed this as an ‘obvious overreaction’ while also warning to not aggravate the tense situation.

Elsewhere, the hawkish Fed better gained new life after Friday’s upbeat US jobs report and activity numbers, which in turn underpinned the recovery in the US Treasury bond yields. Also likely to probe the sentiment could be the cautious mood ahead of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on Tuesday, as well as the market’s chatters that China's stimulus will be limited.

Against this backdrop, the MSCI’s index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan slumps 2.0% whereas Indonesia’s IDX Composite drops half a percent by the press time.

Looking forward, risk catalysts will be crucial ahead of Tuesday’s Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech. Following that, Friday’s US UoM Consumer Sentiment Index for February, as well as the University of Michigan's 5-year Consumer Inflation expectations, should be eyed for clear directions.

Technical analysis

Unless providing a daily closing beyond the 200-DMA, around $15,135 by the press time, the USD/IDR bulls are off the table.

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	15044.15
Today Daily Change	-50.6500
Today Daily Change %	-0.34%
Today daily open	15094.8

Trends
Daily SMA20	15116.6975
Daily SMA50	15406.879
Daily SMA100	15427.911
Daily SMA200	15108.1235

Levels
Previous Daily High	15098
Previous Daily Low	14868
Previous Weekly High	15098
Previous Weekly Low	14835
Previous Monthly High	15700.6
Previous Monthly Low	14862.05
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	15010.14
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	14955.86
Daily Pivot Point S1	14942.5333
Daily Pivot Point S2	14790.2667
Daily Pivot Point S3	14712.5333
Daily Pivot Point R1	15172.5333
Daily Pivot Point R2	15250.2667
Daily Pivot Point R3	15402.5333

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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