JAKARTA: Indonesia’s inflation rate jumped and manufacturing activity sank to a record low after the country’s new president raised the price of fuel in Southeast Asia’s top economy, data showed on Monday.
The 30-percent increase in the price of diesel and petrol, announced last month, was aimed at cutting government subsidies that gobble up a huge chunk of the state budget and have sparked investor alarm.
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