The monthly rate of inflation is flat, that is, the month of March has virtually no inflation.
Interest rates begin to come down and foreign currency reserves are slightly up.
Such review has become a bimonthly affair. The next one will be signed on May 15, and so forth. Interesting to note that the IMF complains that the G.O.I. cannot spend enough. Rp 18 trillion was made available, but the government machinery could only spend part of it. T he IMF thinks that the crisis afflicted Southeast Asian countries for this year still cannot recover through exports and investments because of the unfriendly environment in East Asia where everybody is still economically sick.