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Indonesias finance ministry said on Thursday it aims to raise 2 trillion rupiah ($168.2 million) at its March 24 debt auction, part of efforts to finance its budget deficit this year. The ministry said in a statement it plans to sell one-year treasury bills and 7-year fixed rate bonds. The governments bond sales are to finance this years budget deficit, forecast to reach 139.5 trillion rupiah, or equivalent to 2.5 percent of GDP.