Morning activities at Pasar Lama, a traditional morning market in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, indonesia, where rising food prices highlight broader strains on household budgets. According to Indonesian Central Statistics Agency, Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.12% year-on-year in Q2 2025, but with food inflation at 3.99%, average monthly wages stuck at Rp 3.09 million, and unemployment at 4.76%, many low-income families still struggle even as the national poverty rate fell to 8.47%, the lowest in two decades.