Introduction
Since 80’s until 90’s, Indonesia has been one of Asia’s most powerful economies especially in Asia Pacific. During this period, its economic grew at stable annual rate. But when financial agitation struck in 1998, Indonesia’s economic decreased rapidly. As the moment, Indonesia rupiah currency has dropped nearly 80 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar (pbs.org, 1998). Banks and major companies have collapsed overnight. Unemployment has growth dramatically and food prices have skyrocketed. Chaos occurred across the country. Standing at the center of the current crisis is President Suharto. In late October 1997, the Suharto’s government completed an agreement with the IMF (International Monetary Fund). The IMF has approved the agreement and gave $10 billion for financial support. Indonesia’s government also had taken loan from the Asian Development and Bank World Bank (pbs.org, 1998). But his handling of the economic crisis has failed to re-establish confidence both at national and international. This financial crisis has been transformed into a full-blown recession and depression.
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The financial crisis on 1998 was not happen only Indonesia but also triggered in other Asia countries especially in East Asia. The calamity began in Thailand on 1997 through the crumple of Thai baht cause by means of the conclusion of the Thai supervision to drift the baht, cutting its peg to the U.S. dollar. At the time, Thailand had acquired a weight of foreign liability with the intention of made the nation efficiently broke although before the collapse of its currency. Then the crisis extends to Korean, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Laos, Philippines, and including Indonesia.
There are factor that cause this financial crisis. Firstly, the delayed ...