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JAKARTA, March 21 (Reuters) - Bank Indonesia (BI)
Governor Perry Warjiyo secured a second five-year term on
Tuesday after parliament unanimously agreed to back his
reappointment.
The approval came after Warjiyo told parliament's financial
committee a day earlier that monetary policy would be geared
towards maintaining stability in Southeast Asia's largest
economy until 2024 amid global uncertainties.
The governor also reiterated that the central bank's
interest rate hikes, totalling 225 basis points between August
and January, were sufficient to guide inflation back to within
target later this year and that BI would focus on currency
stabilisation measures to weather global market turbulence.
Warjiyo, 64, is a career central banker. He was President
Joko Widodo's sole candidate to head BI from 2023 to 2028. His
first term will end in May.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto and Stefanno Sulaiman; Writing
by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)
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