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The U.S. dollar briefly fell to the lower 146 yen range in New York on Friday, a level not seen since early February, after the country’s employment data for July suggested a weaker-than-expected labor market. The Labor Department said the number of nonfarm jobs increased by only 114,000 while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent last month, prompting investors to sell the U.S. currency for its Japanese counterpart due to concern over the economic outlook. The market had expected the U.S. economy to add some 175,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the jobless rate, up 0.2 percentage point from June, rea…

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