Indonesia historically has maintained very large consumption subsidies for domestic retail fuel consumers, with products being sold at a steep discount from world market prices. After a series of modest increases in Petroleum prices over the past two years, the new Indonesian government of President Yudhoyono announced a sharp rollback of subsidies in September 2005. This more than doubled the retail price of Gasoline and diesel. The subsidy reduction is likely to temper the rapid increases in petroleum product demand seen in recent years in Indonesia.