Inflation is moderated and achieved year-on-year increases of only 3.4% in March 2010 held by adequate supply responses and rupiah exchange rate appreciation. As a result, the unemployment rate fell back from 11% in 2005 to 7.9% in 2009.
This development supports the fall of the poverty rate that has fallen by about one percentage point per year since 2003 and reached 15 percent in 2009. On the external balance, balance of payments is  BIS Review 60/2010  3  strong and achieved a current account surplus of $ billion and capital account surplus of $ billion in 2009.