Kenaikan rupiah terhadap dolar AS, lanjut dia karena dolar AS melemah, setelah negara paman Sam itu dilanda krisis keuangan yang berkelanjutan. Bahkan AS juga dilanda inflasi yang terus meningkat yang menimbulkan kekhawatiran bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi AS makin melemah, ujarnya.
The increase in the rupiah rate was due to the weakening US dollar as financial crisis in the US continued, he said, adding that the US was also facing the increasing inflation rate which had created worries that the US economy would continue to weaken.