1.   Funding is the term applied when the Bank of England attempts to lengthen the maturity of outstanding government debt.

2.   Brazil plans to continue lengthening the maturity of its domestic debt, the treasury secretary said.

3.   James Lynch, who edits the Lynch Municipal Bond Advisory newsletter in New York, recommends that swappers lengthen maturities.

4.   The company is now working to reduce its debt burden and lengthen the maturity, Frattini said.

5.   The sale is part of an effort by Brazil to lengthen the maturity of its debt, thereby reducing its vulnerability to swings in investor demand.

6.   While the terms of any such arrangement have not been determined, officials here are openly raising the possibility of lengthening the maturity of some of these notes.