Indonesian president tables $216 billion budget for 2024
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo proposed a budget of 3,304.1 trillion rupiah ($216.24 billion) on Wednesday for 2024, his final year in office, promising to guard the economy against global challenges and keep food prices stable. The budget proposal, tabled in parliament, is about 6% bigger than this year's spending plan, which have been revised up to 3,123.7 trillion rupiah. Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, said he targets the 2024 budget deficit to be at 2.29% o