Indonesia weighs response to price pressures from Middle East conflict


FILE PHOTO: Students pray before eating food supplied by the Indonesian government's free meal programme at an elementary school in Banda Aceh on October 30, 2025. Price pressures fuelled by the Middle East war may push Indonesia's government to reconsider its dogged defence of energy subsidies and a costly feeding scheme close to the heart of President Prabowo Subianto, analysts say. - AFP

JAKARTA: Price pressures fuelled by the Middle East conflict may push Indonesia's government to reconsider its dogged defence of energy subsidies and a costly meals scheme close to the heart of President Prabowo Subianto, analysts say.

Unlike many of its neighbours, South-East Asia's biggest economy has not seen long fuel queues as global oil prices have soared, nor have its citizens been subjected to pandemic-style work-from-home measures.

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