Indonesia’s central bank maintained its benchmark BI rate at 7.50 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI), which has maintained rates since November 2013. Indonesia’s headline inflation rate rose to 4.83 percent in October from 4.53 percent in September while core inflation eased to 4.02 percent from 4.04 percent. Indonesia’s current account deficit narrowed to US$ 6.836 billion in the third quarter from $8.689 billion in the second quarter.
 BI said it expects the current account deficit to continue to improve in line with robust manufacturing and mineral exports as well as controlled oil and gas imports.
 In the third quarter, Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $112.0 billion, equivalent to 6.6 months of imports.