Holy Price Rise!

The cost of essential goods has begun to shoot up. But the increases should only be between 3 and 5 percent.

April 10, 2001

Ibu Puji just can’t stop complaining. This housewife from Jakarta’s Matraman area is concerned to see so many goods racing up in price. Following the introduction of fuel price rises for industry at the beginning of this month, the cost of Ibu Puji’s daily needs at the Genjing and Palmeriam markets—where she usually does her shopping—immediately shot up. The price of one case of Indomie noodles, which previously cost...

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