Dalam kesempatan itu, Menkeu juga menyampaikan realisasi asumsi dasar APBN P 2008 hingga 30 Juni 2008, dimana inflasi year on year pada semester I adalah 11,03 persen dibanding dengan target APBN P 6,5 persen, suku bunga SBI 3 bulan yang mencapai 8,4 persen 7,5 persen, dan realisasi nilai tukar Rp9.261 per dolar AS Rp9.100 per dolar AS,
On the occasion, the minister also said that in the first semester of 2008, the year-on-year inflation was recorded at 11.03 percent 6.5 percent in the state budget, Bank Indonesia's three- month certificate at 8.4 percent 7.5 pct in state budget and the rupiah exchange rate at Rp9,261 per one US dollar Rp9,100.