BMI maintains a particularly bearish outlook for vehicle sales in Malawi in 2013, forecasting a 16.3%decline. We believe that the macroeconomic picture is becoming increasingly poor, predicated on rampantinflation, the rapidly depreciating local currency, and high interest rates.The principal market constraint for the passenger car segment is affordability. Indeed, much of the marketfor new vehicles caters to the wealthy elite and foreign nationals, and government contracts to a certainextent. As in many emerging markets, second-hand vehicles dominate the Malawian passenger car segment....
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