Indrawati says she has been asked to stay as Indonesian finance minister

Jakarta Composite Index rises as news stokes hopes for fiscal discipline

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Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in 2023. The well-respected technocrat says that President-elect Prabowo Subianto has asked her to continue in her role.  © Reuters

ERWIDA MAULIA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

JAKARTA -- Sri Mulyani Indrawati said she had been asked to stay on as Indonesia's finance minister after a meeting with Prabowo Subianto on Monday night, potentially easing investor worries over the new government's fiscal discipline amid the president-elect's ambitious policy program.

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