JAKARTA: Indonesia stepped up efforts to protect its battered financial markets from global volatility yesterday, imposing new daily limits on how much shares can fall and organising a concerted share buy back programme.
President Joko Widodo’s (pic) administration has been forced to respond swiftly to the global sell-off, as South-East Asia’s economy is already struggling with weakening domestic consumption and rock bottom commodity prices.
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