The dollar weakened in early Asian trading on Friday as investors, lacking official U.S. jobs data, focused on signs of weakness in private-sector surveys.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.5% to 99.674, erasing gains made this month amid growing bets on an interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve's December 10 meeting.
With the ongoing government shutdown delaying the release of the monthly non-farm payrolls report, traders turned to private-sector data showing a decline in U.S. jobs in October in both the government and retail sectors, while cost-cutting measures and companies' adoption of artificial intelligence led to an increase in announced layoffs.
The dollar traded at 153.17 yen, up 0.1% from overnight levels in the US, after data released on Friday showed Japanese household spending rose 1.8% year-on-year in September, slightly below the market consensus forecast of a 2.5% increase.
The Australian dollar was at $0.6479, while the New Zealand dollar was up 0.1% at $0.5635.
The offshore yuan was at 7.1233 per dollar, unchanged in early Asian trading.
Sterling was trading at $1.3135, steady so far on the day, after the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged.
The euro was little changed so far in Asia, trading near a one-week high of $1.1550.
The dollar is falling, affected by weakness in the US labor market.
