IN the face of the economic slowdown caused by the global crisis, the government must apply two strategies: a fiscal stimulus and financing of the banking sector. The fiscal stimulus is already fairly effective. In order to achieve the economic growth target of 4 percent this year, the government has already increased the budget deficit from Rp51.3 trillion to Rp139.5 trillion, a rise from 1 percent to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product. Of th