Ia menjelaskan, tingginya laju inflasi pada 2008 disebabkan dampak kenaikan harga BBM, namun karena pengaruh BBM terhadap inflasi bersifat one shot pengaruhnya langsung maka inflasi tahun berikutnya kembali turun.
He said the high inflation rate in 2008 was fueled by the impact of the fuel oil price hikes but because the impact of the fuel oil price hikes was one-shot matter, inflation in the following year would go down again.