Yen set to sidestep harsh treatment at Essen G7
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ESSEN, Germany  - The G7 industrial powers were set to repeat appeals for flexible exchange rates and warn again against currency volatility but stop short of singling out the sliding yen for overt criticism at a meeting on Saturday.
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The yen hovered near a five-week low  against the dollar on Friday after oil prices approached record  highs and minutes from a U.S. central bank meeting reinforced  expectations that measured rate rises would continue.
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Some countries attending the two-day meeting of the Group 20 voiced concern on Saturday over abrupt movements in exchange rates, focusing on the sharp fall of the US dollar against euro and Japanese yen.
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The dollar firmed against the yen on Monday after a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations on Friday offered no surprises and the market turned its attention to upcoming speeches by U.S. monetary officials.
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The yen edged lower on Thursday, erasing  some gains made the previous day on speculation that China may  soon change its currency policy.
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The dollar was feeling the heat on Thursday as concerns about the U.S. trade and current account deficits hardened the market's view that the currency's downward spiral would continue.
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The dollar edged lower against the yen on  Thursday, but currencies shuttled in narrow ranges as investors  awaited direction from U.S. growth data and comments from  Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.
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The yen hovered near a five-week low  against the dollar on Friday after minutes from a U.S. central  bank meeting reinforced expectations that measured rate rises  would continue, and as oil prices closed in on record highs.
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The dollar slid against the yen on  Tuesday after a European Central Bank official fretted about  the euro's strength and said Asian currencies should bear more  of the burden of the greenback's broad weakness.
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The yen fell half a percent against  major currencies on Friday on a surprising downward revision to  Japanese growth, while the dollar hit three-week lows against  the euro on worries about the U.S. trade deficit.
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The effect of Japan&#39;s currency sales this year and last on the value of the yen are ``difficult to judge,&#39;&#39; Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said.
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The yen stayed near one-month highs  against the dollar on Wednesday, supported by concerns that the  currency's relative weakness may be discussed at this weekend's  meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central  bankers.
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The yen briefly rose to a five-year high  against the dollar on Monday as investors bet next month's  meeting of Group of Seven industrialized nations would urge  Asian countries to let their currencies rise.
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The dollar fell to a record against the euro and tumbled versus the yen on speculation US officials will refrain from joining any effort to stem the currency&#39;s drop.
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The dollar sank to a record low against the euro and a 7-month low against the yen Thursday, pressured by expectations that nothing will be done at an upcoming G20 meeting to arrest its fall.
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The yen edged up against the dollar on  Thursday on lower oil prices, but gains were stemmed as  investors refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the  Bank of Japan's corporate sentiment survey due on Friday.
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The yen was back under pressure on  Thursday from oil prices and as market players awaited the Bank  of Japan's quarterly survey of corporate sentiment.