The yen (JPY=X) has hit a more than 30-year low against the US dollar. It comes after the Bank of Japan left room to raise rates following its latest policy meeting.
Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre and Julie Hyman break down the currency movements.
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Gold prices climbed more than 1% on Monday, as the U.S. dollar weakened after softer-than-expected U.S. jobs data fueled expectations of potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve later this year. Spot gold rose 1% to $2,324.94 per ounce by 2:00 p.m. ET (1800 GMT). "The downside that we've seen over the last few weeks might actually be running out of steam, opening (the) door for gold prices to resume their upward trajectory," said Daniel Ghali, commodity strategist at TD Securities.
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Toyota Motor is expected to get a big lift from demand for hybrids when it reports annual earnings on Wednesday, illustrating how the world's top-selling automaker is poised to benefit as hype around battery electric vehicles cools. But the forecast record results, to be helped in part by a boost from the weak yen currency, belie the considerable challenges it faces in critical markets. In China it is pressured by a ferocious price war and in the U.S., the fallout from consumers grappling with higher borrowing costs.
Asian stocks rose on Monday on renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would likely ease rates this year, while the yen weakened after a strong surge last week from Tokyo's suspected currency intervention. Trading was thinned in Asia with Japan out for a holiday, though markets in mainland China got off to an upbeat start after returning from an extended break. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged more than 0.5% higher, while China's blue-chip index gained 1.4%.
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(.) * South Korean shares jump as much as 2.2% * Taiwan's April CPI due later in the day * Malaysia rate decision due on Thursday By Ayushman Ojha May 7 (Reuters) - Most Asian stock markets extended gains on Tuesday on the back of renewed bets for U.S. rate cuts after last week's cooler-than-expected jobs data, while the region's currencies were subdued as the dollar ticked higher. Regional markets are still cautious about the future path of U.S. interest rates as they have not seen a strengthening in Asian currencies even with U.S. yields falling, said Lloyd Chan, senior currency analyst at MUFG Bank. Taiwan is scheduled to report its April inflation numbers later on Tuesday.
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