Indonesia will keep budget deficit below 3% of GDP as Middle East conflict lifts oil prices, minister says
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A quarter of Indonesia's crude oil imports come from the Middle East, while the region also accounts for 30 per cent of the country's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports. JAKARTA: Indonesia is ready to adjust budget expenditure to keep its fiscal deficit below 3 per cent of GDP as the conflict in the Middle East threatens to drive up oil prices and pile more pressure on the economy, Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa said on Tuesday (Mar 3). Even before the current crisis, the rupiah and
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