1.   A trade deficit would weaken the peso, pushing up the cost of imports and pressuring inflation.

2.   Dollar purchases could weaken the peso.

3.   Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo has said the bank should intervene in the currency market to buy dollars, which would weaken the peso.

4.   Foreign investors convert proceeds from the sale of Philippine stocks into their home currencies, weakening the peso.

5.   He has also resisted pressure from exporters and the government to weaken the peso, saying he fears that would spark greater inflation.

6.   Higher U.S. money market yields attract cash away from Mexican securities, like stocks, weakening the peso.

7.   In MEXICO CITY, Mexican stocks fell for the first time in five sessions after rising U.S. bond yields weakened the peso and forced local borrowing costs higher.

8.   Investors bet correctly that the low rates would weaken the peso and force the government to raise borrowing costs to defend its value, analysts said.

9.   Lizana called on the central bank to reduce interest rates, helping to weaken the peso against the dollar and make Chilean exports cheaper.

10.   Menem was responding to speculation that circulated through the international financial markets yesterday about government plans to weaken the peso.