USD/JPY volatile in thin NY trade, off leg with US yields
USD/JPY off another leg with US yields in thin NY trade, Fed likely dovish
Revisions to jobs data suggested employment weaker than originally reported
Fed minutes also indicated majority of officials for September rate cut
New York say head-fake push up to 146.90 before falling back to 144.46
Asia so far 144.86-145.26 EBS, consolidating just above overnight low
Some Japanese importer demand at Tokyo fix, exporter offers on rallies
Levels to watch below include 144.35 low Aug 7, 144.00, 143.63 low Aug 6
Resistance from 145.68 hourly Ichi kijun, 145.89-146.52 cloud, 145.91 55-HMA
$311 mln option expiries today at 144.00, 145.60-70 total $1.4 bln above
US Treasury 2s @3.941%, 10s @3.802%, JGB 2s @0.344%, 10s @0.863%
Related comments nL1N3K80QT, nL1N3K80CG, nL1N3K701W, nL1N3JS022
And nL1N3JO02M, also nL1N3K80V2, on Fed minutes nL1N3K80M9
US markets nL1N3K80OU, nL1N3K80Z9, nL4N3K80ZY, nL1N3K803B
On US job data revisions nL1N3K80MT, for more click on FXBUZ
USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/4fVQw4c
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/3WWt8ux
Yield on US Treasury 2s: https://tmsnrt.rs/3YV4LA3
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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