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Yen Slides to 157.40 per Dollar, Nears 200-Day Average

The dollar rose 0.33% against the yen to 157.40 in late New York trading on Monday, September 21, within a session range of 156.58-157.53. The yen weakened steadily, touching its session low at 09:26 Beijing time and closing in on its 200-day moving average of 158.42, which it last broke below on September 3. The 50-day average has slipped to 158.97.

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The yen's slide toward its 200-day moving average matters less as a chart level than as a signal that the pair is retracing the ground it covered earlier in the month. With both the 200-day and 50-day averages now clustered just above spot, the two lines are converging into a narrow band that could define near-term direction. Whether the yen stabilizes before testing that band, or the averages themselves begin to roll over, is the open question for anyone tracking dollar-yen sensitivity across risk assets.

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