Other factors I expect to help hold down inflation include the downward pressure on labor costs of the rapid expansion in productivity since the middle of 2009.

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Now the course is set on further international expansion into the Baltic countries, Germany and the UK, regions with a similar downward slide in math results.

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We forecast the downward trend in capital expenditure as measured against sales volumes to continue over our forecast period as spending on expansion declines.

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