This book is a comprehensive presentation of macroeconomis developments in Indonesia. The material in this book is presnted in a popular academic style to avoid overly technical books, thus ensuring a broad audience among the general public, policy makers and the academic community. The book is dedicated largely to topics related to the monetary, banking and financial sectors. The book is divided into seven parts with material arranged in a broad chronological sequence. The idea for writing of this book was born from the author's awareness of the scarcity of books on empirical macroeconomics.