11.   Most producers at the meeting Wednesday night acknowledged extreme difficulty in determining their production costs and selling prices because the rupiah continued to be volatile.

12.   Mr Chris Podbury of JF Apex Futures said the Indonesian rupiah continued to drag regional currencies lower after the presentation of the Indonesian Budget earlier this week.

13.   Much will depend on whether the rupiah continues to strengthen.

14.   Securities analysts said they had not seen any reason for the stock market to rise when the rupiah continued to weaken against the dollar.

15.   The rupiah has continued to lose ground since then.

16.   They believe that the rupiah will continue falling and they hastily buy dollars.

17.   We hope the government here has got this message now as the rupiah has continued to slide in defiance of all economic theories.