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Dollar steadies after dropping on U.S. political turmoil

EghtesadOnline: The dollar steadied on Monday, edging away from four-month lows against the yen plumbed in the previous session as investors turned their focus from political turmoil in Washington to the Federal Reserve's annual central banking conference in Wyoming.
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Publish Date:21/August/2017 | 06:53

Yen hits multi-month highs as risk-off mood persists

EghtesadOnline: The yen hit five-month highs against the dollar, euro and sterling on Wednesday, as simmering geopolitical tensions checked risk appetite and put the safe-haven Japanese currency in favor.
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Publish Date:12/April/2017 | 09:14

Momentum Builds for Yen to Break 110

EghtesadOnline: The most oversold Group-of-10 currency since the U.S. election is making a comeback. A reassessment on the likelihood of pro-growth policies in the U.S. after the failure of the health-care bill last week, and a series of domestic and technical factors have combined to reignite buying interest in the yen, and analysts see more upside.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:10

Dollar edges up after worst run vs yen since 2010, healthcare vote eyed

EghtesadOnline: The dollar edged up against the yen on Friday, recovering from its worst run of daily losses versus the safe-haven currency since 2010, but gains were capped by worries that U.S. President Donald Trump was on course for defeat on a new healthcare bill.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:15

Dollar hits two-week high vs yen on U.S.-Japan summit relief

EghtesadOnline: The dollar rose to a two-week high versus the yen on Monday, with the market breathing a sigh of relief as the closely watched two-day U.S.-Japan summit held over the weekend was seen to have ended smoothly.
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Publish Date:13/February/2017 | 05:48

Trump-Abe Rapport Won’t Stop Yen From Passing 100, JPMorgan Says

EghtesadOnline: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s success in avoiding any clash over exchange rates with U.S. President Donald Trump at a summit meeting hasn’t resolved underlying conflict, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Publish Date:13/February/2017 | 05:35

The Trump-Abe Summit Will Be on Currency Traders' Radar

EghtesadOnline: The last time dollar-yen traders were this focused on a U.S.-Japan summit might have been when Bill Clinton and Kiichi Miyazawa haggled over trade issues at a sushi dinner.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 24:09

Mr. Yen Sees Rally Toward 100 in 2017 as ‘Trump Fever’ Ends

EghtesadOnline: The yen may strengthen beyond 100 per dollar this year as expectations for Trumponomics shatter when the U.S. president fails to attain the economic growth he’s promised, according to Eisuke Sakakibara, a former top currency official at Japan’s Finance Ministry.
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Publish Date:25/January/2017 | 06:39

Trump's Silence on Yen Is 'Amazing,' Former Japan FX Head Says

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump has repeatedly made waves with emphatic tweets and striking statements, but Japan’s former currency chief is more surprised about what the president-elect isn’t talking about: the yen.
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Publish Date:16/January/2017 | 04:32

Dollar skids to more than 1-month low against yen

EghtesadOnline: The dollar extended its losses in Asian trading on Thursday, breaking through the previous session's one-month low against the yen hit after President-elect Donald Trump's news conference failed to offer details on his plans to boost fiscal spending and cut taxes.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:24

Dollar firms on softer yen, lacks energy elsewhere

EghtesadOnline: The dollar crept ahead in Asia on Monday after signs of wage pressure in the December U.S. jobs report proved enough to lift Treasury yields, but bulls remained wary of a sudden setback following last week's wave of profit-taking.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 24:58

Dollar hits fresh 14-year high, yen slides

EghtesadOnline: The dollar hit a fresh 14-year high on Tuesday, boosted by upbeat comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that kept alive market expectations for swifter U.S. interest rate hikes next year than had been expected.
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Publish Date:20/December/2016 | 16:03

Dollar slumps as tightening U.S. election race rattles nerves

EghtesadOnline: The dollar slumped on Wednesday as the U.S. presidential election increasingly looked too close to call, jangling investors' nerves and fuelling demand for perceived havens such as the Japanese yen.
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Publish Date:02/November/2016 | 05:16

Fed Rate Bets Boost Dollar, Damp Treasuries as Stocks Fluctuate

EghtesadOnline: The Federal Reserve is back in the financial-market spotlight, with strengthening speculation that an interest rate hike is imminent buoying the dollar for an eighth day against the yen, dragging gold lower, and spurring the yield on two-year Treasuries to the most in 10 years versus German notes.
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Publish Date:06/October/2016 | 10:12

Yen recovers amid scepticism about BOJ's latest policy tweak

EghtesadOnline: The yen recovered from lows on Wednesday, with investors skeptical about whether the Bank of Japan latest measures will be enough to generate inflation, with many also cautious about the dollar before the Federal Reserve's policy announcement.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 11:18