* Yen slips amid Japan monetary easing expectations * Risk aversion and repatriation flows boost yen

A larger-than-expected rise in housing starts helped push the Canadian dollar to a six-week high against its US counterpart. The Loonie touched C$1.0257 on news that the number of housing starts increased 6.1 percent to a seasonally-adjusted 196,700 units in February, beating expectations of 190,000 new starts.

Source: Reuters

* Yen weaker, high-yielding currencies up on U.S. jobs data * Yen falls across the board after US jobs data