Dollar Jumps One Percent Against Yen
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The dollar jumped one percent against  the yen and hit a four-week high against euro on Thursday,  extending its recent recovery on expectations for rising U.S.  interest rates and better economic data.
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The dollar regained some ground against  the yen on Friday, moving away from four-month lows hit the  previous day as the market proved reluctant to push the U.S.  currency below the 107 yen mark.
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The dollar and euro recovered against the yen, amid a rebound for global stock markets, dealers said Tuesday.
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The dollar hit the highest level against the yen for four and a half years on Tuesday amid growing worries about higher US interest rates and before US retail sales data, dealers said.
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The dollar surged against the euro, yen and Swiss franc on Monday as, with a Group of Seven rich nations meeting out of the way, the greenback was free to join a wave of optimism about the US 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.
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The dollar hit a two-month high  against the euro on Thursday, buoyed by expectations for higher  U.S. interest rates.
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The dollar nudged higher against the euro and yen as dealers marked time on the eve of a US Federal Reserve interest rate announcement.
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The dollar rose against the yen on Friday  following a surprising downward revision to Japanese growth  data, but it lost ground against other currencies on worries  about the huge U.S. trade deficit.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks surged higher after dipping on the open early Thursday, buoyed by a rally on Wall Street overnight. The dollar rose against the yen.  The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 80.94 points, or 0.47 percent, to 17,464.36 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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The dollar leaped on Tuesday as  investors unwound bets on further losses after the currency had  plumbed a record low against the euro in the final days of  2004.
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The yen hit a six-month high against the dollar on Thursday as falling oil prices boosted Tokyo stocks, while the dollar remained close to eight-month lows against the euro on concerns about the U.S. trade gap.
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The dollar edged up on Tuesday, pulling away from a five-year low against the yen as the market began to return its attention to the attraction of rising interest rates in the United States.
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The yen darted higher against the dollar on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey showed the deterioration in Japanese business sentiment was not as bad as some had feared.
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The dollar rose near a two-and-a-half-week high versus the yen on Monday after a jump late last week following a U.S. employment report.
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The yen hit a fresh four-week high  against the dollar and edged up against the euro on Friday as  stronger-than-expected Japanese data gave the currency a  belated boost.
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The dollar rose against the euro and yen ahead of monthly US inflation data that analysts said should give clues to the future direction of American interest rates.