The country’s chief economist on Wednesday expressed optimism that the government’s improved response to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing mass vaccination would restore consumer confidence and bring the economy back to the growth path this year. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua, whose appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) also on Wednesday, told the bicameral body that he was already “seeing the light at the end of the tunnel” after all the difficulties the country had gone through due to the pandemic. Chua, who heads state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), said the economy was “s…
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