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Rise in interest rates: European companies will not be affected at the same pace
[Hausse des taux d’intérêt : les entreprises européennes ne seront pas affectées au même rythme]

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  • Maxime Gueuder
  • Sébastien Ray

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Corporate debt generates a cost linked to the payment of interest. This cost varies according to the level of market interest rates, all the more rapidly as the debt is at a variable rate or has a short maturity. Non-financial corporations based in Italy and Spain have a higher share of variable rate and short-term debt than those in France and Germany; they will therefore be exposed sooner to the cost of the rise in interest rates that occurred over 2022. Assuming interest rates were to rise while outstanding debt remained stable, the average interest rates for companies in these four countries would continue to increase gradually, at different paces. These results are based on detailed data, covering between 49% and 65% of companies’ consolidated debt, depending on their country of residence. La dette des entreprises engendre un coût lié au paiement des intérêts. Ce coût varie en fonction du niveau des taux d’intérêt de marché, d’autant plus rapidement que la dette est à taux variable ou à maturité courte. Les sociétés non financières résidant en Italie et en Espagne présentent une proportion de dette à taux variable et à court terme plus importante que celles résidant en France et en Allemagne ; elles seront donc exposées plus tôt au coût de la hausse des taux d’intérêt réalisée sur 2022. Dans une hypothèse de hausse des taux avec stabilité de l’encours de dettes, les taux d’intérêt moyens des entreprises de ces quatre pays continueraient d’augmenter progressivement, à des rythmes différents. Ces résultats reposent sur des données détaillées, couvrant entre 49 et 65 % de la dette consolidée des entreprises selon leur pays de résidence.

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  • Maxime Gueuder & Sébastien Ray, 2022. "Rise in interest rates: European companies will not be affected at the same pace [Hausse des taux d’intérêt : les entreprises européennes ne seront pas affectées au même rythme]," Bulletin de la Banque de France, Banque de France, issue 243.
  • Handle: RePEc:bfr:bullbf:2022:243:02
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