Jobs hope offers dollar support
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Hopes for a healthy rise in US employment levels prompts a rise in the value of the dollar after days of sharp declines.
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The dollar rose on Wednesday but  stayed within narrow ranges, as traders adjusted positions  ahead of Friday's U.S. payrolls data for September, the final  jobs report before November's presidential elections.
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The dollar drifted near recent record  lows against the euro and five-year lows against the yen on  Friday ahead of key U.S. jobs figures.
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The dollar held on to overnight gains against the euro and the yen on Wednesday ahead of upcoming U.S. employment figures, but few in the market see an early end to the U.S. currency's downtrend.
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LONDON: The dollar headed for its first weekly gain in more than two months against the yen after Japanese officials suggested they may stem the currency&#39;s slide and on expectations that US firms employed 200,000 workers last month.
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The U.S. dollar steadied against the  yen and euro on Monday after suffering sharp losses on  weaker-than expected job growth figures that raised questions  about the need for further U.S. rate rises this year.
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The dollar rallied against most  currencies except the yen on Friday, helped by U.S. economic  data and comments by President Bush and a top Federal Reserve  official viewed by the market as supportive of the U.S. unit.
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The dollar may strengthen against the euro this week on speculation the biggest monthly increase in US jobs since May will persuade investors that a mid-year lull in the economy is over, a Bloomberg News survey indicates.
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DUBLIN The United States backs a strong dollar, US Treasury Secretary John Snow reiterated Monday. But he added that it was up to the market to determine exchange rates based on economic fundamentals, leading
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US and UK also due to announce economic support at donor conference expected to raise billions of pounds
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The dollar was little changed on  Wednesday as traders readied for Friday's U.S. jobs report  after the currency this week won back almost a quarter of the  ground lost against the euro in 2004.
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The dollar held firm above this week's  record low against the euro on Friday, with dealers reluctant  to take positions ahead of key U.S. jobs figures.
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ALAN GREENSPAN, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, undercut lingering hopes of staging an operation to support the dollar at a meeting of bankers in Frankfurt yesterday
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It pays to be big in a weak dollar world. Just ask Johnson & Johnson.
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The dollar shuttled in narrow ranges  against other major currencies on Friday as investors awaited  upcoming U.S. jobs data for clues on the future path of  interest rates.
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The dollar held steady against the euro on Tuesday, finding support after a wave of warnings from European officials expressing concerns over the euro's rapid ascent against the U.S. currency.
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The United States would like the dollar to strengthen but believes international currency markets should be left to set its value, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said Monday.