The euro gained nearly half a cent to $1.3655. As for the forex circle, a Dow Jones Newswires report Tuesday that the Greek government is likely to outline a new austerity package of around EUR4 billion later, and boosted the euro as a result, forex dealers said. During Asian trading hours, the dollar fell to Y88.47 on EBS, the lowest since Y88.32 on Dec. 14. That compares with Y88.75 in New York late Tuesday. "The forex move against the yen can partly be explained by falling U.S. government bond yields," as they hurt the allure of dollar-denominated fixed-income assets to global investors, said Hideaki Inoue, chief currency manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. "U.S. yields are in a soft patch thanks to a recent series of poor U.S. data and the view that Friday's U.S. employment data would come in weak." If coming U.S. data are weaker than expected, adding to speculation that the Federal Reserve may not start raising its policy rate as soon as had been expected, U.S. yields could fall further, causing the dollar to decline more against the yen, a forex analyst declared. He also tips the dollar to trade in a range of Y83.00 to Y91.00 in the coming days. For more forex, please go to Forex Currency. Edited by Mia