THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Philippine government should restart investments in the country to enable the economy to recover to pre-pandemic growth.

Yongzheng Yang, IMF resident representative to the Philippines, said the local economy may lose output permanently due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but it can return to pre-pandemic growth rates, during a webinar conducted by the IMF and the Philippine Economic Society on Friday.

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