Carstens says he's up for Mexico central bank job

MEXICO CITY Dec 1 (Reuters) - Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said on Tuesday he would move to the central bank, where Gov. Guillermo Ortiz's term ends this year, if asked by President Felipe Calderon.

Carstens has been fingered by investors and economists as the most likely candidate for central bank governor, should Calderon not invite Ortiz to serve another six-year term.

"If he wants me to go to the Banco de Mexico, I'll do it," Carstens said in an interview on Mexican radio station Radio Formula. (Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by James Dalgleish) ((noel.randewich@thomsonreuters.com; Tel: +52 55 5282 7153; Reuters Messaging: noel.randewich.reuters.com@reuters.net))