Deputi Gubernur Bank Indonesia BI Aslim Tadjuddin mengatakan, cadangan devisa Indonesia tergerus sekitar 127 juta dolar AS untuk melakukan intervensi di pasar valuta asing guna menjaga nilai rupiah menyusul pengaruh negatif krisis subprime mortgage di Amerika Serikat AS dan untuk membayar utang.
Indonesia had to spend US$127 million of its foreign exchangge reserves to intervene in the money market to prevent the rupiah from weakening due to the impact of the subprime mortgage meltdown in the US as well as to repay debts, a central bank official said.