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Indonesia's market is reeling after MSCI warned of a possible double downgrade, putting its status as an emerging-market on the line. Ruth Carson answers some of the questions you sent in on Indonesia’s stock market turmoil and what’s next for investors. (Source: Bloomberg)
As MSCI Inc. officials joined a call on Tuesday afternoon Jakarta time, many of the more than 100 participants were investors still reeling from the index provider’s sudden warning of a potential double downgrade for Indonesia. They questioned the need for such a drastic step and wanted to know whether the country stood a chance of retaining its emerging-market status.
Indonesia has spent months trying to persuade investors that its economy is on the right course. A weakening rupiah, mounting budgetary pressures and a series of contentious policy decisions have made that task harder. Doubts about the management of Southeast Asia’s largest economy have now coalesced around its central bank, whose independence has come under intense scrutiny recently as President Prabowo Subianto seeks to steer economic policy. The appointment of Destry Damayanti – initially as...