Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono mengatakan, sampai dengan triwulan II 2008 terdapat 12 propinsi mencatat pertumbuhan ekonomi di atas pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional tahunan sebesar 6,4 persen.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said 12 of the country's 33 provinces in the first half of 2008 recorded a higher-than-national economic growth rate of 6.4 percent.