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The free meals program, costing about 268 trillion rupiah ($15 billion) for this year alone, is aimed at alleviating poverty and malnutrition but Prabowo recently fired the head of the program amid a massive graft probe.
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ABC News, 12 June 2026
But the rupiah’s latest slide is reviving memories the market would rather forget.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
None of those appear to have helped, with the rupiah weakening against the dollar to a record 18,190 on June 8, despite Jakarta draining its forex reserves to prop up the rupiah.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves fell for a fifth straight month in May, underscoring the cost of policymakers’ efforts to steady the rupiah after its slide to a record low.
—Grace Sihombing, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
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ABC News, 12 June 2026
But the rupiah’s latest slide is reviving memories the market would rather forget.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
None of those appear to have helped, with the rupiah weakening against the dollar to a record 18,190 on June 8, despite Jakarta draining its forex reserves to prop up the rupiah.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves fell for a fifth straight month in May, underscoring the cost of policymakers’ efforts to steady the rupiah after its slide to a record low.
—Grace Sihombing, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
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“Rupiah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rupiah. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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rupiah
noun
ru·pi·ah
rü-ˈpē-ə 
plural rupiah or rupiahs
1
: the basic unit of money of Indonesia
2
: a coin or bill representing one rupiah
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