NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The dollar hit a one-week high against the Japanese yen on Thursday after
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that Fed policymakers are "are not confident" that interest rates
are yet high enough to finish the battle with inflation.
    The dollar index was last up 0.28% on the day at 105.80. The euro fell 0.30% to $1.0678.
The dollar gained 0.23% to 151.27 Japanese yen, the highest since Nov. 1.
    Traders remained on alert for potential intervention to shore up the struggling Japanese currency, which
is near a one-year low of 151.74 reached last week.
    
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    Currency bid prices at 2:08PM (1908 GMT)
 Description      RIC         Last           U.S. Close  Pct Change      YTD Pct       High Bid    Low Bid
                                              Previous                    Change                   
                                              Session                                              
 Dollar index                 105.8000       105.5000    +0.28%          2.232%        +105.8400   +105.3700
 Euro/Dollar                  $1.0678        $1.0710     -0.30%          -0.35%        +$1.0726    +$1.0673
 Dollar/Yen                   151.2650       150.9650    +0.23%          +15.41%       +151.3100   +150.7700
 Euro/Yen                     161.52         161.67      -0.09%          +15.12%       +161.7900   +161.4200
 Dollar/Swiss                 0.9020         0.8993      +0.34%          -2.41%        +0.9025     +0.8990
 Sterling/Dollar              $1.2236        $1.2285     -0.41%          +1.17%        +$1.2308    +$1.2232
 Dollar/Canadian              1.3793         1.3792      +0.06%          +1.85%        +1.3807     +1.3747
 Aussie/Dollar                $0.6379        $0.6402     -0.36%          -6.42%        +$0.6428    +$0.6375
 Euro/Swiss                   0.9631         0.9628      +0.03%          -2.67%        +0.9648     +0.9620
 Euro/Sterling                0.8725         0.8716      +0.10%          -1.35%        +0.8728     +0.8694
 NZ                           $0.5911        $0.5912     -0.06%          -6.95%        +$0.5954    +$0.5907
 Dollar/Dollar                                                                                     
 Dollar/Norway                11.1880        11.1710     +0.21%          +14.07%       +11.2030    +11.1100
 Euro/Norway                  11.9521        11.9598     -0.06%          +13.90%       +11.9851    +11.9020
 Dollar/Sweden                10.8968        10.8906     -0.25%          +4.70%        +10.9054    +10.8300
 Euro/Sweden                  11.6377        11.6670     -0.25%          +4.38%        +11.6745    +11.6150
 



    

 (Reporting by Karen Brettell; Editing by Alexander Smith)