19 days ago · Indonesia
Indonesia’s 3% deficit cap: guardrail or growth barrier?
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Indonesia. The first report grouped here was at 28 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Indonesia’s 3% deficit cap: guardrail or growth barrier?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Indonesia is considering lifting a statutory cap on government spending that has been in place for more than two decades, as President Prabowo Subianto pushes for faster economic growth. Supporters argue that greater room to borrow and spend would let Southeast Asia’s largest economy invest its way towards Prabowo’s target…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
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