Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa defended the country's economic track in the wake of a recent slump in the rupiah and local stocks. In a conversation with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin at a business forum in Jakarta, the minister criticized Citigroup Inc. (C) for a report that said the nation's budget deficit could breach the legal limit this year. Purbaya also iterated that the revocation of mining permits was a step toward fostering a positive investment climate in Southeast Asia's largest economy, stating "we are against illegal mining."
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