11.   Exports, the bank said, might begin rising over the next six months, offsetting tough conditions at home, which include further declines in corporate capital spending.

12.   Gomez y Gomez said Mexican bank branches in the United States that are linked to the case will not be shut down by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

13.   He also plans to increase its venture-capital business and boost loans for export companies, the bank said.

14.   He said the bank extending the letter of credit for the construction financing shares that worry and demands a conservative approach.

15.   He said local banks, and perhaps a few foreign ones, will buy up smaller banks in Brazil in an effort to compete for customers.

16.   He has said banks and investors in banks can often be more flexible and effective than regulators in correcting problems at financial institutions.

17.   He said banks, and their investors, can often be more flexible and effective in correcting problems at financial institutions.

18.   He said the bank left rates unchanged to maintain credibility as an inflation-fighter.

19.   He said banks and investors in particular might want to re-examine their relentlessly optimistic outlook.

20.   He said banks and other companies sensitive to interest rate hikes could be hurt by the comments.