A firm produces a final good using two primary inputs: labor hired from the domestic market and a specific component imported from a foreign country. The price of the imported component is fixed in the foreign currency. If the domestic currency depreciates (loses value) relative to the foreign currency, what is the direct and immediate effect on the firm's marginal cost of production, assuming domestic wages remain constant?

Analyzing Competing Effects on Marginal Cost

Deconstructing Marginal Cost in an Open Economy

In an economic model where a firm's production requires both domestic labor and imported raw materials, an increase in the price of the imported materials will not affect the firm's marginal cost as long as domestic wages remain constant.