The nation’s GDP increased by 3.98 percent in Q4 2021, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of positive growth since the recession of 2020, when output shrank by -6.10 percent and -3.62 percent in Q2 and Q3 of that year due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The fourth-quarter expansion points to a solid economic rebound in 2021, with annual growth of 3.40 percent. According to the NBS, the Q4 2021 growth rate was 3.87 percent greater than the 0.11 percent recorded in Q4 2020 and 0.05 percent lower than the 4.03 percent recorded in Q3 2021. Nevertheless, quarter on quarter, real GDP grew at 9.63% in Q…