Yen set for best month this year as dollar weakens

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Japan’s currency has run up its biggest monthly gain against the dollar this year, reflecting growing expectations that the Bank of Japan will be forced to tighten monetary policy just as the US Federal Reserve is signalling rate cuts. 

The yen has climbed 7 per cent against the dollar since the middle of November to…