AFING has been closing up “shop” these past few weeks. The retail moneychanger is taking a break from selling foreign currencies. But he continues to buy. He doesn’t hesitate to buy American dollars every time someone offers him the US currency.

“To sell, these weeks I’m putting them on hold,” said the 45-year-old man on Friday of last week. The strengthening of the rupiah exchange rate, the weakening of the dollar, forced Afing to r