Menurut dia, rupiah tertahan oleh menguatnya kembali harga minyak mentah dunia yang meliwati angka 90 dolar AS per barel namun diimbangi oleh membaiknya pasar saham regional.
He pointed out that the rate of the Indonesian currency was held by the strengthening price of world crude oil which exceeded US$90 per barrel but it was offset by the ameliorating regional stock market.