{
  "id": 10321443,
  "title": "Indonesia’s 3% deficit cap: guardrail or growth barrier?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/indonesias-3-deficit-cap-guardrail-or-growth-barrier",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T00:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3368827/indonesias-3-deficit-cap-guardrail-or-growth-barrier"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indonesia is considering lifting a statutory cap on government spending that has been in place for more than two decades, as President Prabowo Subianto pushes for faster economic growth. Supporters argue that greater room to borrow and spend would let Southeast Asia’s largest economy invest its way towards Prabowo’s target of 8 per cent annual growth by 2029. Economists counter that weakening the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "SMBC Indonesia pivots to wealthier millennials to drive growth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/smbc-indonesia-pivots-to-wealthier-millennials-to-drive-growth",
        "published": "2026-09-27T23:38:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}