ITS been seven months since Boediono, 63, took over the helm of the Indonesian economy. His main objective to stabilize the nations microeconomics when he took over from Aburizal Bakrie as Coordinating Minister for the Economy last December seems to have been achieved. The inflation rate continues to go down, and the exchange rate hovers at Rp9,000 to the US dollar. It would not be excessive therefore, to refer to him as the inflation hawk.

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