With the further easing of restrictions, improvements in the healthcare system, and the full cooperation from each one of us to do what it takes to keep viral transmission under control, this growth target is easily attainable.
With the expanding economic activity, we are also expecting the unemployment rate to fall from a record-high 17.6 percent in April—the height of the lockdown—to 7 percent in 2021. Indeed, deep into the pandemic and even during the strictest part of the lockdown, we have exhibited fortitude and resilience as individuals and as a nation. But resilience is not enough.