The US dollar’s influence on emerging markets extends well beyond banks, bond markets, and international trade. It can also reach firms that neither borrow in dollars nor export, simply because they depend on suppliers that do. The mechanism is trade credit. Large firms often borrow cheaply in foreign currency and then finance domestic customers through accounts receivable. This effectively turns non-financial corporations into intermediaries between global dollar funding markets and local suppl...
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