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Bank Indonesia faces a rate decision days after President Prabowo unveiled his first budget, which pledges higher spending aimed at lifting GDP growth to 5.4% next year. The fiscal expansion raises stakes for the central bank’s policy path and could influence Indonesian rates, FX and asset markets depending on whether monetary policy tightens to offset fiscal stimulus.

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Bank Indonesia faces a rate decision days after President Prabowo unveiled his first budget, which pledges higher spending aimed at lifting GDP growth to 5.4% next year. The fiscal expansion raises stakes for the central bank’s policy path and could influence Indonesian rates, FX and asset markets depending on whether monetary policy tightens to offset fiscal stimulus.