Foreigners are still not allowed to buy short-term bonds.
Interest rate on short-term bonds rose as Budapest's political crisis deepened.
Instead of a private company paying to build the center, the town has covered the costs through $16 million in short-term bonds.
In addition, the Government knew that it was obligated to pay off more than $1 billion worth of short-term bonds this week.
Also listed on the Big Board are short-term bonds that mature in one to three years.
About $25 billion worth of the short-term bonds, called tesobonos, fall due this year.
As a result, it should not be viewed as a substitute for short-term bonds.
The country has more than $25 billion in short-term bonds coming due during this year.
Yields on short-term Russian bonds jumped to nearly 200 percent.
With international help, Mexico has now paid off all but $2 billion of the short-term bonds.
