Investing.com - The yen was slightly weaker on Friday ahead of the last review of the year on monetary policy for Japan's central bank.
USD/JPY changed hands at 122.59, up 0.09%, while AUD/USD traded at 0.7119, down 0.09%.
Ahead in Asia, the Bank of Japan unveils its latest view on monetary policy and China reports house prices year-on-year for November.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, eased 0.08% to 99.13.
Overnight, the dollar remained broadly higher against the other major currencies on Thursday, after the release of upbeat U.S. jobless claims data as the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade continued to support.
The U.S. Department of Labor said the number of individuals filing for initial jobless benefits in the week ending December 11 decreased by 11,000 to 271,000 from the previous week’s total of 282,000. Analysts expected jobless claims to fall by 7,000 to 275,000 last week.
Separately, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said that its manufacturing index deteriorated to -5.9 this month from November's reading of 1.9. Analysts had expected the index to dip to 1.5 in December.
The reports came a day after the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to between 0.25% and 0.50% at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting. It was the first rate hike in the U.S. since 2006.
Commenting on the decision, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that further rate hikes would be gradual and data dependent.