Dollar gains on Fed rate hike bets, yen dips on Ueda comments

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By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar firmed on Monday after Friday’s solid jobs report boosted expectations for a U.S. interest rate hike in May, while the yen weakened as new Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda signaled no hurry to dial back its massive stimulus. U.S. employers hired at a strong pace in March, adding 236,000 jobs that pushed unemployment down to 3.5%, signaling labor market resilience that will keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise rates again next month. “In my view the pendulum of market sentiment is going to swing back in favor of a Fed rate hike early next…

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