Can someone answer this quick question for me please. It might come up in conversation in an interview. Say for example Mexico's peso got devalued by 40% in relation to the USD after the Trump election. How does this devaluation affect corporate borrowing from US banks or from debt issuance in USD, from say a Mexican manufacturing company whose entire cash flow and business comes from the peso? I can't tell because I can see how it would hurt borrowing since it would be hard to pay back, but all of a sudden, $1 USD can now buy so much more in Mexico, so wouldn't that make borrowing in $USD more attractive? IDK how to think about this.
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I'm too lazy to go into detail, but generally speaking, if I understood your question, a decline in the value of peso means that Mexican firms who borrow in dollars are suddenly faced with higher borrowing costs.
Basic example: E.g. Company A records revenue in Pesos but has 200 in USD-denominated debt. Year 1 exchange rate is 5:1 How much revenue in Year 1 is required to pay off the debt? $1k pesos. Year 2 exchange rate is: 10:1 How much revenue is Year 2 is required to pay off the debt? 2k pesos.
With your example, what if a corporate bank, say JP Morgan can lend $100 million to a Mexican company. With the year 1 exchange rate, the Mexicans would be receiving $500 million pesos for their capital expenditure. With the year 2 exchange rate, the Mexicans would be receiving $1 billion pesos for their capital expenditure.
So I may be thinking it the wrong way, but wouldn't Mexican companies be incentivized to borrow after the devaluation because whatever the American bank can lend them, it can now be used for much more?
Are you asking how it affects companies that have already borrowed USD or companies that are planning to borrow USD? Big difference obviously.
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