41.   In one sign of investor unease, the rally in Mexican stocks and treasury bills has faltered in recent weeks.

42.   Instead of Brady bonds, Balboa said he prefers treasury bills denominated in Egyptian pounds, Turkish lira, Romanian leu, Thai baht and Bulgarian lev.

43.   Instead, it will now offer investors an opportunity to convert their ruble denominated treasury bills into longer-term dollar denominated bonds.

44.   It also plans to extend the maturity of three-month treasury bills by seven days.

45.   Lower money-market yields can stifle the appetite for peso-denominated securities, such as treasury bills, and weaken the currency.

46.   Lower inflation means real yields on fixed income investments, like treasury bills, will remain stable.

47.   Meanwhile, the yields of treasury bills continued to fall.

48.   Meanwhile, yields on Japanese treasury bills rose.

49.   Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Martin Werner wants to swap more Brady bonds, sell securities in more European currencies and extend maturities of local treasury bills this year.

50.   Mexican stocks fell after a rise in yields of local treasury bills and U.S. bonds sparked a sell-off of shares.