During the preceding years, as the rupiah had strengthened respective to the dollar, this practice had worked well for these corporations; their effective levels of debt and financing costs had decreased as the local currency's value rose.
Pada tahun berikut, ketika rupiah menguat terhadap dolar, kebijakan ini telah bekerja baik untuk perusahaan tersebut—level efektivitas hutang mereka dan biaya finansial telah berkurang pada saat harga mata uang lokal meningkat.