Indonesians face big minimum down-payments

14 June 2012 Last updated at 22:33 ET Help

Indonesia has imposed big minimum down-payments on car and house purchases.

The move aims to protect the country's economy from future financial crises because of too much debt. But it is also set to dampen domestic spending, a major driver of the booming economy.

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani reports.

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