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Assessing Economic Exposure. Alaska Inc., plans to create and finance a subsidiary in Mexico that produces computer components at a low cost and exports them to other countries. It has no other international business. The subsidiary will produce computers and export them to caribbean islands and will invoice the products in US dollars. The values of the currencies in the islands are expected to remain very stable against the dollar. The subsidiary will pay wages, rent, and other operating costs in Mexican pesos. The subsidiary will remit earnings monthly to the parent.
A. Would Alaska's cash flows be favorably or unfavorably affected if the Mexican peso depreciates over time?
B. Assume that Alaska considers partial financing of this subsidiary with peso loans from Mexican banks instead of providing all the financing with its own funds. Would this alternative form of financing increase, decrease, or have no effect on the degree to which Alaska is exposed to exchange rate movements of the peso?
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A. Would Alaska's cash flows be favorably or unfavorably affected if the Mexican peso depreciates over time?
ANSWER: Alaska's cash flows would be favorably affected, because it has only cash outflows in pesos, ...
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