Dollar gets limited lift from jobs, trade questions linger

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The dollar was struggling to hold its ground on Monday even as concerns about a U.S. recession eased just a little, while investors awaited actual evidence of a thaw in Sino-U.S. trade relations, as opposed to just hints from officials.
51% : The dollar also eased 0.2% to 144.63 yen , and away from Friday's top around 145.91. Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato walked back comments that seemed to suggest Japan might threaten to sell some of its Treasury holdings as part of trade negotiations with the White House, which are due to continue this week.
23% : Trump did say he would not attempt to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but also repeated calls for lower interest rates and called the Chair a "stiff".

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