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Advertisement Asia Indonesia minister says sustained high oil prices could see budget deficit breach mandated limit Motorists queue at a petrol station in Surabaya, Indonesia's East Java province on Mar 9, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Juni Kriswanto) 14 Mar 2026 11:11AM Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST JAKARTA: Indonesia's senior economic minister said on Friday (Mar 13) that the country may impose additional taxes on certain commodities, such as palm oil, if the government needs to reduce the impact on the budget from rising global oil prices.Airlangga Hartarto, speaking at a briefing of the national cabinet, said Indonesia, a global commodities powerhouse and the world's largest producer of palm oil and nickel, could also impose additional taxes on nickel, gold, and copper.At the briefing, President Prabowo Subianto said austerity measures could be taken to reduce the impact of rising global oil prices.Airlangga said government modelling showed that if the Iran war caused oil prices to stay high, it would be difficult to keep the fiscal deficit under a legal mandate of 3 per cent of GDP without cutting spending or reducing economic growth. Subscribe to CNA’s Morning Brief An automated curation of our top stories to start your day. This service is not intended for persons residing in the E.U. By clicking subscribe, I agree to receive news updates and promotional material from Mediacorp and Mediacorp’s partners. Loading "These are scenarios we may have to discuss," he said, and spoke about the option to issue an emergency order if the deficit limit needed to be breached.He said the government had forecast three scenarios to predict how the Middle East war could impact Southeast Asia's largest economy. Under the first scenario, where the war lasted for five months and crude oil averaged US$86 a barrel this year, the rupiah would fall to 17,000 per US dollar, which would mean that growth would be maintained at 5.3 per cent, but the fiscal deficit would hit 3.18 per cent, he said.In a scenario where crude averaged US$97, growth would drop to 5.2 per cent and the deficit would hit 3.53 per cent, Airlangga said. The worst-case scenario had crude averaging US$115, which would mean the deficit would cross 4 per cent of GDP.Oil prices extended their climb on Friday as disruptions in the Gulf from the Middle East war outweighed US and International Energy Agency measures to ease supply concerns.Brent futures for May LCOc1 were up 88 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to US$101.34 a barrel at 0918 GMT, heading for a weekly increase of 9 per cent. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April CLc1 was up 26 cents, or 0.3 per cent, at $95.99 a barrel, set for a 6 per cent rise for the week.On Friday, Goldman Sachs predicted that Brent oil would average more than US$100 a barrel in March and US$85 in April due to the war, damage to Middle East energy infrastructure and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Related: How exposed is Southeast Asia’s energy supply to the Iran war - who is most vulnerable and what’s next? Fuel subsidy bill rises over 4-fold to US$813 million monthly as Malaysia absorbs soaring price: Minister Source: Reuters/ia Newsletter Morning Brief Subscribe to CNA’s Morning Brief An automated curation of our top stories to start your day. Sign up for our newsletters Get our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inbox Subscribe here Get the CNA app Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories Download here Get WhatsApp alerts Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app Join here Related Topics Indonesia War on Iran global oil prices oil prices Advertisement Also worth reading Content is loading... Advertisement Expand to read the full story Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST