JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank has bought 33.53 trillion rupiah ($2.39 billion) worth of government bonds through auctions and greenshoe options this year as of Jan. 27, governor Perry Warjiyo told a business forum on Wednesday.
Bank Indonesia is a standby buyer at government bond auctions to help finance the country's COVID-19 relief. The central bank has also injected 12.08 trillion rupiah of liquidity to support the economy.