JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank defied expectations on Thursday by raising its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6% after keeping it unchanged for eight consecutive meetings.
Economists in a recent Reuters poll had forecast the central bank would keep its seven-day reverse repo rate unchanged at 5.75%.
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