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Weak dollar sparks fears of pressure on Japan

By Lindsay Whipp in Tokyo

Published: March 4 2008 01:02 | Last updated: March 4 2008 01:02

The dollar fell to a three-year low against the yen on Monday as investors increasingly lose confidence in the world’s largest economy and its currency.

The dollar has dropped from the Y105 range to break into Y102 territory in just a few days, and some analysts expect it to breach the Y100 level if the slew of data coming out of the US this week is worse than expected. The Japanese currency traded at 102.90 late yesterday.

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