JAKARTA, June 27 (Bloomberg): Asian economies that have shielded their citizens from surging energy and food prices through subsidies and other fiscal support are being forced to narrow their aim to the most-needy to ease the strain on their pandemic-battered budgets.
Indonesia and Malaysia are refocusing subsidies to ease the financial burden after two years of big spending to weather Covid-19.
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