USD/JPY bid, to see more calm pre-long wkend, Obon holidays
USD/JPY better bid but to see more calm pre-long weekend, Obon holidays
Tokyo closed Monday, Obon holidays to shut down Japan Inc next week
USD/JPY 147.25-83 EBS so far, better bid on higher US interest rates
Jobless claims fell 17k Aug 3 weak, put away lingering recession fears
Yield on US Treasury 2s to 4.084%, now @4.025%, 10s to 4.022%, now @3.981%
USD/JPY resistance still from ahead of 148.00, Japanese exporter offers
Tokyo fix to see decent importer bids today too ahead of holidays next wk
Tech resistance at descending 200-HMA up at 148.28 on outlier higher
Supports include 147.45 hourly Ichi tenkan, 146.63 kijun, 146.58 55-HMA
Hourly Ichi cloud 145.70-146.58 and now ascending 100-HMA 145.59
Option expiries today 146.00 $862 mln, 147.00-05 $756 mln, 149.00 $571 mln
Japan July money supply out earlier continue show steady rises nAZN21T2M1
Related comments nL1N3JV0QC, nL1N3JV0FZ, nL1N3JV0AI, nL1N3JV01Z
Also nL1N3JV0X4, nL1N3JV0F8, on US jobless claims nL1N3JV0GU
US markets nL1N3JV0OV, nL1N3JV13H, nL4N3JV1ER, nL1N3JV05L
On Fed-speak nL1N3JV169, for more click on FXBUZ
USD/JPY hourly: https://tmsnrt.rs/3LWegHB
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/3WXBVgQ
Yield on US Treasury 2s - hourly: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cdBQu0
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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