Indonesias president sacks finance minister, promotes deputy
News Source : Yahoo Entertainment
News Summary
- Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa was replaced by his deputy Suahasil Nazara.
- Purbaya's time in office was marked by economic shocks, including a plummeting rupiah currency.
- His unconventional policies, which have broken from the country's fiscally conservative approach, were at the centre of growing concerns about how the economy is being run.
- Fitch and Moody's both downgraded Indonesia's credit rating outlook from stable to negative this year, citing policy uncertainty and fiscal spending plans.
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