By Kevin Buckland

TOKYO (Reuters) -The safe-haven Japanese yen and U.S. dollar garnered demand on Wednesday as an aggressive tech-led selloff on Wall Street spilled over into Asia.

The risk-sensitive Australian dollar remained weak after a 0.8% slide against the greenback on Tuesday, while the New Zealand dollar fared even worse, hovering at a nearly seven-month low following a rise in the unemployment rate to the highest level since 2016. Against the Aussie, New Zealand’s currency languished at a 12-year trough.

Sterling wallowed near a seven-month low after British finance minister Rachel Reeves hinted at broad tax rises in her budget later this month.

“Risk-off sentiment has been pervasive across markets in the past 24 hours,” leading to “a stronger USD against all bar JPY and risk/

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