Indonesia Budget Efficiency Cuts Remain at $18.8 bln, Finance Ministry Says

MACROECONOMICS - JAKARTA. Indonesia's deputy finance minister on Tuesday said the total budget funding the government is freeing up through efficiency measures remained unchanged at 306 trillion rupiah ($18.8 billion), after the president gave a much higher figure.

On the weekend, President Prabowo Subianto told a gathering of his political party that the total figure that his government has saved through the efficiency drive was 750 trillion rupiah.

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