Yen Surrenders Gains After China Raises Benchmark Interest Rate
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The yen surrendered earlier gains against the dollar after China, Japan&#39;s second-largest export market, raised interest rates for the first time in nine years.
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The dollar weakened broadly on Thursday, reversing a short-lived rally on news that China had raised interest rates as the market decided Beijing&#39;s move did not radically change dollar-bearish market fundamentals.
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The yen eased against the dollar on  Friday, failing to hold gains made on a stronger-than-expected  reading for the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey of business  sentiment.
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The yen advanced on Wednesday as a fall in Asian stock markets heightened risk aversion and saw investors shy away from carry trades.
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The dollar tumbled against the yen on  Wednesday after China reignited market talk of a yuan  revaluation, saying it would discuss its pegged currency regime  at next week's London meeting of Group of Seven rich nations.
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The dollar dipped against the euro on  Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve proved less hawkish on  interest rates than some investors had expected, while the yen  rallied on a key Japanese business survey.
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China has raised its core interest rates for the first time in nine years, as the country&#39;s central bank moves to rein in the booming economy.
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The dollar edged up against the yen on  Thursday as surprisingly limp machinery orders data for Japan  helped investors to recoup earlier losses made on cautious  remarks about U.S. growth by the Federal Reserve chief.
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The recently beleaguered yen staged a   rally on Monday while oil prices continued their recent easing   and shares made modest gains in trading which was subdued by   the Labor Day holiday in the United States.
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The yen pulled back above a 6-week low  on the dollar and a 4-month trough on the euro on Wednesday, as  oil prices backed off record highs, while the euro maintained  its grip on recent gains against the dollar.
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The yen won respite from its recent  beating on Thursday as oil prices eased off record highs and  investors awaited data from the United States and Japan for  clues on the health of the global economy.
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The yen extended gains on Tuesday,   riding to a two-week high against the dollar on economic   optimism, while trading on Asia's stock markets was muted after   the Labor Day holiday in the United States.
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The yen hit a one-week high against the  dollar on Friday as traders took their cue from a rise in  Japanese shares on weak oil prices and shrugged off a surprise  rise in Japan's unemployment rate.
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The dollar weakened broadly on  Thursday, reversing a short-lived rally on news that China had  raised interest rates as the market decided Beijing's move did  not radically change dollar-bearish market fundamentals.
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The yen firmed against the dollar on  Friday, after dipping on a surprise rise in Japan's  unemployment rate, as investors grew cautious ahead of U.S.  growth data and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief.
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The dollar edged toward six month lows  against the yen on Friday, reversing a short-lived rally on  news that China had raised interest rates, as attention  returned to worries about the strength of the U.S. economy.
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The dollar edged up against the yen on  Friday after disappointing growth data for Japan and was  supported against the euro by ongoing verbal intervention from  European central bankers.