Apalagi gejolak pasar minyak mentah dunia saat ini mengendor dan kekhawatiran terhadap krisis keuangan di Amerika Serikat masih belum reda setelah perusahaan keuangan terbesar AS, Lehman Brothers mengalami kerugian yang cukup besar.
Moreover, a turbulence in global crude prices had eased and concerns about the looming US financial crisis had shown no sign of abating after the US largest financial company, Lehman Brother, suffered huge losses, he said.