23-February-2026
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Indonesia's Government Spending Jumps 26% in January
23-Feb-2026

Indonesia reported a 54.6 trillion rupiah ($3.25 billion) budget deficit in January, the equivalent of 0.21% of its GDP, with total spending jumping 26% from a year earlier due to the costs of President Prabowo Subianto's free meals programme. The government of Southeast Asia's biggest economy spent 227.3 trillion rupiah in January, up 25.7% from the same month of last year.

News Source:- https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-02-22/indonesia-budget-deficit-at-0-21-of-gdp-in-january-finance-minister-says