1.   By stabilizing the peso, it would protect U.S. exports and prevent a temporary influx of imports and illegal immigrants.

2.   Government and business leaders are holding closed-door negotiations on a private-industry proposal to create joint funds to stabilize the peso, officials and executives here said Tuesday.

3.   Higher U.S. borrowing costs often force the Bank of Mexico to raise local interest rates as the central bank tries to stabilize the peso and stifle inflation.

4.   The Mexican government will seize the opportunity to stabilize the peso at an exchange rate that everyone agrees makes Mexican goods a bargain on world markets.

5.   The notes also achieved their original objective of helping to stabilize the peso, the official said.

6.   The Philippine central bank moved to unlock U.S. dollars held by banks, the latest in a string of steps to stabilize the peso three weeks after its devaluation.

7.   Zedillo must still rely on it if he is to impose the wage restraint that his government requires to stabilize the peso.

8.   Analysts also said the improvement in world oil prices because of the accords signed at Riyad and Vienna have helped lower interest rates and stabilize the peso.

9.   Estrada reiterated that capital controls would not be used to stabilize the peso and that exchange rates would remain market-oriented.

10.   Expectations of peaceful and largely fair elections have helped stabilize the peso in recent days.