Economic Briefing: Metrobank’s Nicky Mapa on the missing link to growth 

Nicky Mapa, Metrobank Chief Economist and Markets Strategist, stressed the importance of capital formation and consumer spending in the country’s economic growth.

00:00 Introduction

02:17 Sustained Robust Economic Growth?

04:08 High Debt, Low Savings

06:32 Downsized Borrowing, Lots of Liquidity, and Policy Easing

9:09 Missing Link

11:42 Last Year’s Bane, This Year to Tame

13:25 Finding the New Normal

15:46 Metrobank Official Forecasts