
Japanese Retailers Lock in FX Contracts as Weak Yen Hits Profits
Takara MC and furniture giant Nitori face mounting import costs with the currency lingering near 159 per dollar after a 30 per cent drop over five years.
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Takara MC and furniture giant Nitori face mounting import costs with the currency lingering near 159 per dollar after a 30 per cent drop over five years.

Unofficial currency traders pushed the greenback up 0.19 percent to VND25,970 even as official commercial bank rates edged down.

The dollar was steady on Friday after China’s central bank appeared to have stopped guiding the yuan lower for now, easing concerns that a weaker Chinese currency could derail plans by the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. The dollar traded at…
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