Indonesian Strongman Prabowo Confronts Stock-Market Rout
Investors were already preoccupied by concerns that have emerged since the president took power in 2024.
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Prabowo Subianto beamed confidence in a speech to the Davos crowd last week. The Indonesian president predicted a boom year for his country, noting the IMF had recently hailed the South East Asian nation as “a global bright spot.”