NEW YORK >> The U.S. dollar fell against the yen and Swiss franc today after economic data showed weakening labor market conditions, supporting investor expectations of U.S. monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. Labor Department said today that job openings, a measure of labor market demand, fell more than expected to 7.181 million in July. Economists polled by Reuters had expected 7.378 million job openings in the JOLTS data.

With the Fed focused on the jobs market, the U.S. dollar will continue weakening materially if data continues to show deterioration in labor market conditions, said Eugene Epstein, head of structuring for North America at Moneycorp in New Jersey.

“Between (Fed Chair Jerome) Powell’s dovishness at Jackson Hole regarding the job market and the prev

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