Yen slides as traders eye new US sanctions, CPI data

By Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar drifted higher against the yen on Thursday as traders waited for the delayed release of U.S. consumer inflation data on Friday and weighed fresh U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies, which boosted oil prices. The U.S. currency was last up 0.38% on the yen at 152.525 yen, while the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was last nearly flat at 98.925. The week's main scheduled focus is the inflation data being relea ...