Dollar Takes Breather, Option Expiries Give Yen a Jolt

Dollar Takes Breather, Option Expiries Give Yen a Jolt
A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar banks and Japanese 10,000 yen notes taken in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2011. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
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SINGAPORE/LONDON—The U.S. dollar steadied on Monday as looming central bank decisions in Japan and Europe and vacillating market expectations for Fed rate cuts forced a pause in the greenback’s data-spurred rally this year.

Japan’s yen was the notable mover in otherwise quiet trading, as it headed away from Friday’s 148.80 per dollar, its weakest in a month, to as firm as 147.74.