Indonesia's consumer confidence improves as Covid-19 cases hit 200,000-mark

Army and police officers monitoring people to ensure they wear face masks as a measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Tuesday (Sept 8). Total cases in Indonesia went above 200,000 on Tuesday. - AFP

JAKARTA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua): The consumer confidence index in Indonesia ticked up in August after the appearance of signals that the economy would pick up.

According to a survey carried out by the central bank Bank Indonesia on Tuesday (Sept 8), the consumer confidence index drifted up to 86.9 in August from 86.2 in July.