The Philippine economy could shrink by 9.9 percent this year before bouncing back in 2021, a local bank executive said on Thursday.

“Our forecast for Philippine economic growth is that for full-year 2020, we’re still expecting a -9.9 percent,” Raul Martin Pedro, Security Bank Corp. executive vice president and treasurer, said at a forum.

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