Menurut dia, rupiah juga mendapat tekanan pasar akibat membaiknya dolar AS terhadap yen yang terpicu oleh anggapan bahwa bank sentral AS The Fed pada pertemuan Juni mendatang akan menghentikan penurunan suku bunga acuan Fed fund.
The rupiah was also under market pressures due to the dollar's appreciation against the Japanese yen following rumors that the US Federal Reserve would stop lowering its interest rate at its meeting in June, he said.