Now Mexico went through a period of extremely high interest rates -- 75 per cent for quite some time --- but many Mexican companies were able to weather because they did not have such a high degree of leverage or a dependence on short-term internal loans.

• 墨西哥曾一度实行高利率政策，利率有相当长时间保持在75%25的水平。不过许多墨西哥公司都能承受这样高的利率，因它们的负债率没这么高，也不会那么依赖国内的短期贷款。