Indonesia’s consumer confidence index declined 3.5 points from the previous month to 83.4 in September 2020, after city authorities re-imposed a partial coronavirus-related lockdown measures in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. This was the weakest reading since May, as five of the six main sub-indices deteriorated: current economic conditions (down 1.5 points to 54.1); the assessment of current income (down 2.2 points to 57.6); economic outlook (down 5.6 points to 112.6); income expectations for the next six months (down 2.5 points to 122.2); and job availability expectations (down 5.2 points to 109.2). Meantime, sub-indices of job availability compared to six months ago improved slightly (up 0.1 points to 35.3).
