Dollar Eases, Yen Weathers Weak Data
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The dollar slipped on Tuesday on  nervousness ahead of a series of U.S. indicators later in the  week, failing to keep gains versus the yen made on lackluster  Japanese output data.
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The dollar slipped against the yen on  Wednesday on a round of selling by Japanese exporters, but it  found support from intervention worries and caution ahead of  U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later in the week.
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The dollar softened against the euro  but firmed against the yen on Monday, trading within tight  ranges as dealers refrained from making aggressive bets ahead  of the August U.S. payrolls report later this week.
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The US dollar edged downward against major currencies in Tokyo on Monday, briefly hitting a seven-year low against the South Korean won and dropping slightly against the Japanese yen and the euro.
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The yen steadied on Thursday after bouncing back from recent lows against the dollar and the euro as oil prices stepped down from this week's record highs, while investors awaited key economic data from Japan.
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The dollar moved in narrow ranges against  the yen on Monday as option-related and exporter selling capped  the U.S. currency and traders awaited the Bank of Japan's key  corporate sentiment survey.
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The dollar fell modestly against the  euro on Friday, trimming earlier losses following  below-consensus U.S. growth data as markets grew cautious ahead  of a plethora of economic news and events next week.
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The dollar softened against the euro but firmed against the yen on Monday, trading within tight ranges as dealers refrained from making aggressive bets ahead of the August U.S. payrolls report later this week.
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The yen fell against the dollar and euro  on Wednesday after data showed that Japan's economy slipped  into recession for much of 2004, but the market quickly looked  ahead to remarks by Fed chief Alan Greenspan later in the day.
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The dollar sagged on Tuesday as softer U.S. data on Tuesday re-ignited worries that the world's largest economy has yet to recover from its recent soft patch.
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Tokyo stocks slipped early Wednesday following Wall Street's weakness. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen, but trading higher against the euro.
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The dollar dropped against most major  currencies on Wednesday after mixed data on U.S. durable goods  orders and weaker-than-expected new home sales did little to  brighten the U.S. economic outlook.
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The dollar rose against the yen on  Tuesday on weaker than expected Japanese output figures, but  traders said that recent heavy selling of the U.S. currency had  not ended.
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The dollar firmed slightly  against  the euro on Monday, recovering from last week's record low and  a 4-1/2-year trough against the yen as traders turned their  sights to economic data due later in the week.
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The dollar eased further off last week's  highs on the euro and yen on Tuesday as the market awaited a  speech by Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan which was  expected to confirm a measured pace of interest rate rises.
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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 sagged on Tuesday as softer  U.S. data on Tuesday re-ignited worries that the world's  largest economy has yet to recover from its recent soft patch.