Banker: BI Rate Down, Bank Do Not Take
May 5th, 2009 | by rarzi |
Bankers do not mind if the BI Board of Governors Meeting (RDG) today cut interest rates again reference BI Rate from 7.5 percent to 7.25 percent. However, they did not want to promise to follow them will return with lower interest rate.
The reason, bankers have responded with a decrease in BI Rate cut interest credit. Goverment Bank, which should be peoneer to decline in interest rate is also sluggish.
Bank Mandiri, for example, claim to have lower interest rate on average 25 basis points (bps). “So, if calculated from February, lowering the interest rate is 0.5 percent credit,” said Director of Bank Mandiri Tbk Agus Martowardojo, Monday (4 / 5).
BNI also voiced the same. “We have lower interest rate on average since April 1 percent yesterday,” said Bien Subiantoro, Director of the International Treasuri and Bank BNI.
