Indonesian President Joko Widodo has pleaded with exporters to bring home earnings they currently keep offshore to help manage the rupiah from falling further, Reuters reports. The President met executives from about 40 exporters, including Budi Hartono, the owner of cigarette maker Djarum; and Anthony Salim, chief executive of Indofood Sukses Makmur. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, Widodo is chasing dollars from tourism and exports to help contain a widening current-account deficit, as foreign funds continue to dump Indonesian stocks and bonds. Bank Indonesia has done more than any Asian peer to defend its currency amid a global rout in emerging markets, but the fact that the rupiah has kept slipping suggests the central bank would struggle to maintain the pace in a prolonged battle, writes Maikel Jefriando and Fransiska Nangoy for Reuters.