VIVAnews - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the realization of the 2008 State Budget is deemed the best within the last ten years.
The 2008 State Budget exceeded the set target despite the disclaimer notice issued by the Supreme Audit Agency.
In the 2008 State Budget Responsibility Report, instead of the global economic downturn as extraordinary circumstance, Indonesia's macroeconomic situation was relatively stable.
The Indonesian economy grew 6.1 percent, a decrease of 0.2 percent of the 2007 economic growth of 6.3 percent. The percapita income rose from Rp 17.6 million in 2007 to Rp 21.7 million in 2008. The inflation rate in 2008 was quite high at 11.06 percent compared to the inflation rate in 2007 at 6.59 percent.
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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono