JAMA Calls Emerging Markets “Unpredictable”

New-car demand in emerging markets, which slowed in 2013, will be "unpredictable" this year, says the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Assn.

The trade group cites softer growth in Brazil, India, Russia and Thailand. It also notes that sales in China could suffer if tensions revive over a territorial dispute between Japan and China over islands in the East China Sea.