Kenaikan rupiah yang berlanjut, menurut dia agak tertahan oleh melemah bursa regional akibat melemahnya bursa Wall Street, karena krisis keuangan yang masih terjadi di Amerika Serikat.
The rise in the rupiah's position was somewhat hampered by the sluggish regional stock market due to the weakening Wall Street stock exchange as the financial crisis was still going on in the United States.