The amount of new aid is expected to be an important signal to investors.

Concern about this has led to a suspension of any new American aid.

The prospects for receiving the new aid are far from certain.

California's recent decision to give more than $1 billion in new financial aid should also help, he said.

Germany would be the most likely source of new aid.

He said a mission to that country would assess whether new aid was necessary.

But he added that Indonesia had its own conditions for new military aid.

Washington, with budget problems of its own, is unlikely to offer new aid.

The state says that the city's share of new aid is going up.

And who is going to pay for all this new urban aid?