Yen poised for best week in over a year; dollar waits on US jobs data

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Subject of emergency alert message arrested - May 2, 2024 | SaltWire #dartmouth #update #suspectSINGAPORE - The yen was headed for its best week in more than a year on Friday, helped by Tokyo's suspected intervention this week to pull the Japanese currency away from 34-year lows, which also left the dollar broadly on the back foot.

Japan's latest forays into the currency market came during periods of thin liquidity, with the country out for a holiday on Monday while the second attempt happened late on Wednesday after Wall Street had closed. The yen has strengthened nearly eight yen against the dollar since the start of the week, when it first slid past the key 160 per dollar level which some have said could be the line in the sand for authorities.

Traders are now looking to U.S. nonfarm payrolls data due later on Friday to guide the dollar's next moves, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told markets this week that the central bank's next move in interest rates would likely be down, and not up as some had feared.

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