Dijelaskan Menkeu, penurunan defisit ini terjadi karena meski ada peningkatan belanja negara dan penerimaan yang lebih kecil, pemerintah berhasil melakukan penghematan pada belanja kementerian sebesar Rp24,9 triliun.
A decline in deficit was caused by an increase in the state expenditures and decline in revenue as well as the government's success in reducing the expenditures for ministers by Rp24.9 trillion.