Dollar falls against yen

Dollar falls against yen

The dollar falls below 112 yen, a 19-month low, at one stage in Tokyo foreign exchange trading Jan. 5. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka indicated the possibility of market intervention by the monetary authorities of Japan and other countries to halt the dollar's further slide.

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