Menurut data yang diperoleh Bappenas, beberapa faktor pendorong peningkatan belanja masyarakat adalah penjualan sepeda motor yang naik 36 persen dibanding periode yang sama tahun lalu, indeks riil penjualan ritel Februari 2008 yang naik 12 persen yoy, dan penyaluran kredit konsumsi yang naik lebih dari 200 persen dibandingkan triwulan I 2007.
Data from the agency show among the key drivers of rising public expenditures were the rise in motorcycle sales which increased by 36 percent from a year earlier, real index of retail sales in February which grew by 12 percent on a yearly basis and consumption credits which jumped by more than 200 percent from the first quarter of 2007.