Topic: Non-agricultural agriculture in April was far lower than expected, and non-agricultural agriculture in February and March was revised down by 2tripledraw.20,000 people
U.S. non-farm payrolls data was worse than expected, and the yen expanded its gains and easedtripledrawThere was speculation that Japanese authorities might once again enter the market to support the yen. The yen rose more than 1% to 152 against the US dollar. It has already gained 4% this week and is expected to record its largest weekly gain since November 2022. To stem further declines, Japan's Ministry of Finance may have bought yen twice this week, costing a total of about 9 trillion yen ($59 billion). The yen has still fallen by 11% over the past year, making it the worst-performing G-10 currency.