The Price is Anything but Right

For a variety of reasons, there has been a jump in the price of essential household goods. How much will this affect inflation?

March 6, 2001

BE PREPARED to do a few juggling tricks with what's left in your wallet. Many people in Indonesia, however, have little left to juggle with. This coming April, the government plans to increase fuel prices by 20 percent and the state electricity company (PLN) is planning to raise its rates in June. But even before both these increases have been implemented, the price of essential household goods has already jumped. This is because of the imposition

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