Di bawah IMF, Indonesia dipaksa mengetatkan anggaran dengan pengurangan dan penghapusan subsidi, menaikkan harga barang-barang pokok dan public utilities, peningkatan penerimaan sektor pajak dan penjualan aset-aset negara dengan memprivatisasi BUMN.
Under IMF, Indonesia was forced to tighten budget by reducing and eradicating subsidy, increasing primary goods prices and public utilities, increasing tax sector revenue and selling state assets by privatizing SOE.