USD/JPY off early week highs pre-US holiday, jobs data
USD/JPY backs off from highs earlier this week, Asia 161.41-52 EBS
Highs of 161.74 yesterday, 161.72 Monday - level not seen since 1986
As US yields back off a bit, lingering Japan intervention concerns too
Fed Powell dovish? Goolsbee concerned about economy, labor conditions easing
US Treasury 2s @4.741%, yield on 10s off after recent spike, @4.427%
So-so large option expiries today to help contain spot action
160.20-25 $1.2 bln, 160.85-161.05 $844 mln, 161.25-40 $903 mln, 162.00 $660
Japanese importer bids on dips, exporter interest eyed from ahead of 162.00
Related comments nL4N3IU0YE, nL1N3IU0A8, nL1N3IU02F, nL1N38F03N
Also nL1N3IU0V6, on Fed nL1N3IU0J9, nS0N3GV05E, US data nL1N3IU0LA
US markets nL1N3IU0WJ, nL1N3IU10A, nL1N3IU0HP, nL1N3IU02V
Also on Japan intervention nL1N3HB0A0, for more click on FXBUZ
USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3xTxCtg
USD/JPY nearby option expiries this week: https://tmsnrt.rs/4ct20da
Yield on US Treasury 10s: https://tmsnrt.rs/4ePjMJm
US yield curve gradually dis-inverting: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cpHr1i
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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