The disappointing employment report released last Friday on the USA continues to affect the markets around the world with the opening of the new trading week.
The US dollar weakened against most major currencies in Asia.
The trading on Asian stock markets is conducted this morning with declines.
Later in the day, the Fed Chairman Janet Yellen will speak at an economic conference in Philadelphia and investors will try to figure out to where the wind blows when it comes to the question of the interest rate.