Strengthening dollar puts yen within striking distance of 150 By Reuters

[ad_1] © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japanese yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen with a currency exchange rate graph in this illustration picture taken June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo By Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar was in the ascendant on Monday on the prospects that U.S. interest rates would