21.   If repatriated and reinjected into local money markets, the rupiah would be bound to appreciate immediately and the currency crisis would be resolved virtually overnight.

22.   If the talks fall through, the rupiah is likely to be subjected to another big sell-off.

23.   Indonesia should do the above because the rupiah is not strong enough to freely compete in the international market.

24.   Most contraceptive materials are imported, making them more costly because the rupiah is weak against the dollar.

25.   Now rupiah are just like any another commodities, with a value determined at will by speculators.

26.   Notes will come from wherever they are hiding and migrate to the CBS until there are few rupiah left in the system for day to day business.

27.   Raden Pardede, an economist at state-owned PT Danareksa Securities, agreed that the battered rupiah was the main reason behind the steep inflation.

28.   The Indonesian rupiah was down against the U.S. dollar as well.

29.   The rupiah is one of several Southeast Asian currencies that have plunged in value this year.

30.   The rupiah was practically unmoved from the opening.