The Japanese yen fell significantly today against the other major world currencies as the fast growth on the Asian and European stock markets attracted more participants to the carry trade activities.

The finance ministers from the Group of Eight nations confirmed their position in the favor of a stronger U.S. dollar at the meeting in Osaka, Japan today.

The U.S. currency is heading for its biggest weekly gain since March 2005 against the European currency as the dollar benefits both from past Bernanke’s statements and the current expectations for G8 meeting.

The Australian dollar fell to its one month low against the U.S. currency as the jobs dropped in May for the first time since October 2006 and the traders became more confident that the central bank won’t be raising interest rate more.

The U.S. dollar rose against euro, pound and yen today, rebounding from the yesterday drop, as the market strategists expect a good report on the U.S. retail sales to support Fed’s hawkish interest rate outlook.

The Chilean currency suffered a large daily drawdown today as the declining stock markets around the world pressed on the investors to sell their high-yielding assets including emerging economies’ currencies.

The U.S. dollar recovered against the Japanese yen today after the dollar lost significantly against yen on Friday and this week trading opened with a wide gap against the greenback on Forex.

The South African rand headed for the biggest weekly loss against the U.S. dollar in the last three months as the traders were concerned that the high interest rates will prevent country’s economy to rise at a fast pace.

The New Zealand dollar went for a third day of losses today on the Forex market, making this week a biggest drop since mid May, as the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Alan Bollard said that he may cut interest rates this year.

The Australian dollar benefited today from the better than expected first quarter GDP growth as the Reserve Bank of Australia may start considering interest rate hikes again.