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The New Zealand dollar declined after trading in a narrow range overnight as investors await the release of key US jobs data which was delayed by a partial government shutdown. The kiwi traded in a 64 basis point range overnight, slipping to 84.55 US cents at 8am in Wellington from 84.88 cents at the 5pm market close yesterday. The trade-weighted …

The US dollar strengthened against the yen on speculation delayed September jobs data due on Tuesday will be strong enough to allow the Federal Reserve to contemplate tapering by year-end. Economists forecast that 180,000 jobs were created in September, according to a Reuters survey, from 169,000 a month earlier, while the unemployment rate remained at 7.3 percent. The greenback strengthened …