BLBG:Dollar, Yen Decline After China Economic Growth Beats Estimates
The dollar and the yen dropped as stocks gained after a report showed China’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth exceeded economist estimates.
The dollar slid 0.3 percent to $1.2708 per euro at 11:07 a.m. in Tokyo. The yen fell 0.3 percent to 97.59 per euro.
China’s economy grew 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News had estimated a gain of 8.7 percent.
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