Menurut BPS, pertumbuhan ekonomi pada triwulan IV 2006 secara year-on-year triwulan IV/2006 dibanding triwulan IV/2005 mencapai 6,1 persen, namun secara Q to Q triwulan IV/2006 terhadap triwulan III/2006 terjadi kontraksi atau penurunan 1,9 persen.
According to the BPS, year-on-year economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2006 stood at 6.1 percent but quarter-on-quarter economic growth experienced a contraction or a deline by 1.9 percent.