NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors rushed into the perceived safety of Japanese yen on Friday, sending it to a four-month high against the dollar, after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Mexico roiled financial markets and stoked recession fears.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was little changed on Thursday, on track to post a fourth straight month of gains, as the trade stand-off between China and the United States prompted traders to put money into perceived safe currencies including the greenback.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose on Wednesday, even as investors focused on socking their money into bonds and gold - and to a lesser extent the yen and Swiss franc - with no end in sight in the trade tension between China and the United States.

Buying the yen when Treasury yields dive and geopolitical tensions rise is one of the default trading strategies in any dealer’s playbook. But lately the tried-and-true tactic hasn’t been paying out so much.

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