By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar was little changed to modestly higher against a basket of currencies on Monday ahead of central bank policy decisions in Japan and the euro zone that may determine the currency’s direction this year. Japan’s yen moved away from Friday’s 148.80 per U.S. dollar, its weakest in a month, and rose to as high as 147.61, as the BOJ started its two-day policy meeting. The dollar was last down 0.1% against the Japanese currency at 148.06 yen. Wagers for an exit from negative rates at this meeting have been wound down following the New Year…

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