FOREX-Dollar hits 5-month low vs yen...
Reuters * Regional tension mounts after Pyongyang’s missile test * Yen advances to 5-month highs vs dollar, euro, sterling * US Treasury’s currency report taken in stride * US declines to name any trade partner as currency manipulator (Updates prices, adds details and quotes) By Shinichi SaoshiroTOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) – The dollar dipped to a five-month low against the yen on Monday as rising tensions over North Korea kept the safe-haven Japanese currency in demand. The dollar index against a basket of major currencies was down 0.2 percent at 100.390 , weighed down following the release of Friday’s weak U.S. retail sales and consumer prices data and as flight-to-safety drove U.S. Treasury yields to five-month lows. [nL1N1HL1GU]… FULL STORY