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Yen and dollar drift on Iran deal concerns, payroll jitters

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 567 words · By Reuters
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What to know about Yen and dollar drift on Iran deal concerns, payroll jitters

Currency markets drifted on Thursday with the yen struggling to retain intervention gains and the dollar pinned near six-week lows, as concerns about a proposed U.S.-Iran deal and jitters about upcoming U.S.

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What happened

Currency markets drifted on Thursday with the yen struggling to retain intervention gains and the dollar pinned near six-week lows, as concerns about a proposed U.S.-Iran deal and jitters about upcoming U.S.

Why it matters

The yen was little changed at 157.71 per dollar in early trade after weakening for two straight sessions.

Common ground

It has now given back some intervention gains after touching 155.20 per dollar on Monday, but remains well off last month's multi-decade low of about 164.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Bank of Japan policymakers... raised borrowing costs to a 31-year high in June”
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Claim 2: “the yen rallied as much as 5% against the dollar”
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Claim 3: “It has now given back some intervention gains after touching 155.20 per dollar on Monday”
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Al Jazeera and Emirates 24|7 both explicitly confirm the yen hit a high of 155.20 per US dollar on Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Manic Monday" is a song recorded by the American pop rock band the Bangles, which was released as the first single from their second studio album, Different Light (1986). The song was written by Prin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Monday is the day of the week that takes place between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week.
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Claim 4: “A Reuters survey of economists expected July's employment report on Friday to show nonfarm payrolls increased by 80,000 jobs in July after rising 57,000 in June”
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Claim 5: “The New Zealand dollar and the Australian dollar were also flat, last trading at $0.5885 and $0.7056, respectively”
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to continue building his ballroom project, citing previous threats to his life and national security needs. The emergency request comes...
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Claim 6: “President Donald Trump has said a deal to reopen the strait was imminent”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny this statement by Donald Trump.
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Claim 7: “remains well off last month's multi-decade low of about 164”
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Emirates 24|7 reports the yen remained stronger than a 40-year low of 163.99 per dollar reached in July, which corroborates the claim of a multi-decade low of 'about 164' last month.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following highways are numbered 164:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II fought between Japan and the Allies in East and Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Indian Oc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major la…
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Claim 8: “the U.S. and Iran signed an interim peace agreement in June”
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Claim 9: “The unemployment rate is forecast to hold steady at 4.2%”
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Claim 10: “data showed the country's services sector stayed strong in July even as input costs rose, but services-sector employment slowed”
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Claim 11: “The yen was little changed at 157.71 per dollar in early trade”
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Multiple web sources report the yen trading around 157 per dollar on Thursday, with specific mentions of 157.6 and 157.8, closely aligning with the claim of 157.71.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
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Claim 12: “In a recent Reuters poll, nearly 95% of the respondents said future Japanese currency interventions alone would not sustainably curb the currency's weakness”
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Claim 13: “The dollar index... was little changed at 99.65”
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Claim 14: “Brent crude futures fell 0.5% to $79.08 a barrel on Thursday”
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Claim 15: “Fed Governor Lisa Cook said on Wednesday that she was open to the idea that the central bank may need to raise its short-term interest rate target”
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Claim 16: “The euro was little changed at $1.1557”
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Bitget News reports the euro exchanged for 1.1553 US dollars, which is extremely close to the claimed 1.1557, and other sources confirm the general trading range.
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Claim 17: “sterling GBP=D3 traded flat at $1.3469”
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Claim 18: “Reuters reported a proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end the U.S.-Iran conflict could give Tehran control over inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz”
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Three separate web results confirm that Reuters reported a proposed deal between Iran and Oman that could give Tehran control over inbound traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — An agreement that gives Iran any control over access to the strait would mean the war launched by the United States and Israel had resulted in a major shift in the balance of regional power in Tehran’…
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web search NEUTRAL — Report: Iran War Deals Blow To Global Growth.Reuters reported on August 5 that the proposed arrangement could give Iran control over inbound maritime traffic through the strait, while issues including…
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web search NEUTRAL — Markets remained watchful as tensions continued to play out in the Gulf, after Reuters reported a proposed deal between Iran and Oman to help end the U.S.-Iran conflict could give Tehran control over …
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