Indonesia faces uncertain economic recovery.

Indonesia's retail sales fell 12.3percent in July from a year earlier, following on from the 17.1percent contraction in June.

In reporting these figures, Bank Indonesia (BI) also expects retail sales in August to fall 10.1percent from the same month last year, although this will represent a second consecutive month of improving consumer confidence.

The central bank said, "Consumer confidence improved slightly in August amid raising confidence about income, job availability and purchase of durable goods.

"Consumer perspective on income and job availability continue to improve compared to the previous six months, in line with rising economic activity after large-scale social restrictions."

These restrictions, however, are likely to resume in the capital Jakarta, after Governor Anies Baswedan announced that he will be re-imposing large-scale mobility restrictions from September 14 in order to combat a new...