Tighter fiscal policy and continued external headwinds are the reasons we maintain our forecast that interest rates will be lowered to 9% during the present cycle.
Its export volume has already surpassed those of Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, and it is expected to maintain this rank throughout the forecast period.
We now expect gross margins for Mercedes-Benz cars and vans to reach 27.5% for 2010, up from 25.5% in 2009, and we expect Daimler to maintain these margins over the forecast period.