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Originally Posted by baloo
Making $800 million/quarter instead of $1,000 million/quarter is not exactly the end of the world, especially considering the market conditions.
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Yeah, but that's what GM said in the 80s. Look at them now.
BMW and others have to gauge whether their sales were directly tied to cheap money. If it was, then those sales are gone and so are the profits. Many folks run their finances way too close to the wire, and minor changes result in serious havoc. And major changes -- like now -- result in panic or worse.