A rise in risk aversion this week has dominated global trading as concerns over the economy hit stocks and led to an increase in safe haven flows in the forex market. The catalyst for the heightened risk aversion appeared to be last week's release of U.S. June employment report, which showed a larger-than-expected decline in non-farm payrolls and led to a reassessment of the prospects for the economy. The rise in risk aversion has seen the Japanese yen and to a lesser extent the dollar firm while commodity currencies and other pairs weakened.



