Penetapan ini, menurut Direktur Perencanaan Strategis dan Hubungan Masyarakat BI Budi Mulia, Selasa, untuk meminimalkan gejolak yang mungkin timbul bagi perekonomian domestik meski secara umum kondisi perekonomian nasional sampai dengan bulan Juli 2007 menunjukkan berlanjutnya ekspansi dengan stabilitas ekonomi makro dan sistem keuangan yang relatif terjaga.
The decision to maintain the key rate known as BI rate was designed to minimalize the impact of a possible upheaval on the economy although it continued to expand until July, Budi Mulia, director of the central bank's strategic planning and public relations, said following a meeting of the bank's board of governors here.