Dollar and Yen Battle It out as Traders Adjust Rate Bets

Dollar and Yen Battle It out as Traders Adjust Rate Bets
Banknotes of Japanese yen and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken on Sept. 23, 2022. Florence Lo/Reuters
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LONDON—The dollar headed for a fourth weekly gain on Friday, pushing the yen to a 10-month low, as traders dialled back bets on how quickly the Bank of Japan might raise interest rates and how soon the Federal Reserve will cut them.

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday there was a high chance for easy monetary conditions to persist even after the central bank ends negative interest rate policy, which the market expects to happen as early as next month.