USD/JPY easy as US snoozed, now awaits US jobs data
USD/JPY fell back a touch yesterday while the US snoozed, USD broadly easy
Back up from 160.95 low however, Asia so far 161.19-38 EBS, quiet eyed
Japanese importer demand continuing on dips, exporters on rallies
Gotobi Tokyo fix demand seen on top of usual pre-weekend USD buys
Some option expiries in area today - 160.00 $587 mln, 161.00 451 mln
161.00 option expiries Monday, into next week too but not massive
USD/JPY trade likely between 160.83 200-HMA, 161.48 55-HMA, 100-HMA 161.42
US yields supportive? Indicated tad higher, Tsy 2s @4.714%, 10s @4.369%
US jobs data key to rates, non-farm payrolls +190k eyed, unemployment 4.0%
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USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cKxVWc
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cuZwLe
Yield on US Treasury 10s: https://tmsnrt.rs/3W9XaMa
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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