what do you see happening right now, dollarwise, our value of the dollar? it does drive what lenders will ask for us to give back. if r me it became very difficult because the covenance changed every quarter, the fact that we had singular purpose building. yo your collateral is not what it was before. risk is the key that drives everybody. we're looking at great risk in europe and the con tantagion of. i look at us as mountain climbers, climbing on the same rope. once it starts to come down, it will bring us all down. prime rate, some certainty for the very near future. where is it going to go? >> well, first -- of course, the federal reserves policy has been to try to keep interest rates low to stimulate our economy. in that respect, auto dealers and auto purchasers have benefited from low-cost funding. so that's part of the plan to try to get your economy grow in with respect to the dollar there are two definitions. one is the value of the dollar in terms of other currencies. which may matter. the other value of the dollar is the inflation rate, relating

what do you see happening right now dollarwise ta? it does dried dollarwise. i know became difficult for me. we had a single purpose building. you become a difficult risk for us. iwe are looking at great risks n europe. they're looking at mall owner climbers. what do you see happening? where is the certainty going to go? >> the policy has been to try to keep interest rates low. in that respect, if they have benefited from the low costs. we are seeing the purchases are going back close to where they were before the crisis. that is part of the plan. trying to get people back to work. with respect to the dollar, one definition is the value of the dollar and the currency. in matters for international competition. the dollar has been pretty stable. they are relating to gas prices. we have not had the problem of high inflation that we had in the 70's. i think our policies are achieving support for the economy. going forward, interest rates will go up to some extent. the dollar will react to the change in interest rates. we think that meeting our mandate a maximum em