WHEN he was chosen as the Star of Asia by Business Week magazine in June 2003, Boediono was referred to as the bird that preys on inflation. At that time he was Minister of Finance in the government of Megawati Sukarnoputri. This lecturer from the Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, was considered to have succeeded in repairing the economy following the crisis even with the political situation not being that stable. The rupiah had been strengthen