Ia mengatakan, defisit anggaran pemerintah yang terus terjadi juga akan menghambat pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional, apalagi sejumlah perbankan telah memberikan laporan bahwa pertumbuhan laba bersih pada kuartal pertama 2008 menurun.
He said the government's ongoing budget deficit would likely hamper the national economic growth, hence some banks had reported that their net profits in the first quarter of this year decreased.