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By Vivianne Rodrigues
NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The dollar fell against the Japanese yen on Thursday after data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell last month, while jobless claims rose last week.
Boris Schlossberg, director of research at GFT Forex in New York, highlighted the retail sales report, saying the headline number was "very ugly" and would raise concern among investors on the outlook for global economic recovery. For details on U.S. data, see [ID:nN14168822]
"(It's) not a great number for risk appetite today," he said. "The market was primed for a better recovery from the consumer."
The dollar last traded 0.2 percent down at 91.23 yen
The greenback also pared earlier gains versus the euro. The
European currency last traded little changed at $1.4516
(Additional reporting by Steven C. Johnson and Wanfeng Zhou, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)