USD/JPY Price Forecast: Extends rally to near 162.70 amid soaring US bond yields
- USD/JPY rises to near 167.73 as US Treasury Yields soar, following upbeat US JOLTS Job Openings data.
- Investors shift their focus to the US ADP Employment Change and the ISM Manufacturing PMI data for June.
- Japan’s officials have signaled that they are ready to intervene to support the Yen.
The USD/JPY pair trades 0.1% higher to near 162.73 during the European trading session on Wednesday. The pair reflects strength as surging United States (US) Treasury Yields have strengthened the US Dollar (USD).
In the European trade, 10-year US Treasury Yields are up 0.18% to 4.47%, extending Tuesday’s little over 2% gains. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, is up 0.16% to near 101.33.
US Dollar Price Today
The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.36% | 0.02% | 0.05% | |
| EUR | -0.12% | 0.02% | -0.04% | -0.01% | 0.26% | -0.11% | -0.05% | |
| GBP | -0.14% | -0.02% | -0.06% | -0.03% | 0.22% | -0.13% | -0.05% | |
| JPY | -0.08% | 0.04% | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.29% | -0.09% | -0.01% | |
| CAD | -0.10% | 0.01% | 0.03% | -0.01% | 0.27% | -0.11% | -0.02% | |
| AUD | -0.36% | -0.26% | -0.22% | -0.29% | -0.27% | -0.37% | -0.29% | |
| NZD | -0.02% | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.11% | 0.37% | 0.09% | |
| CHF | -0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.29% | -0.09% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).
US bond yields are soaring due to signs of improving US job market conditions. On Tuesday, the US JOLTS Job Openings data for May arrived at 7.594 million fresh jobs, higher than 7.3 million estimates and the previous reading of 7.585 million.
Meanwhile, investors await the US ADP Employment Change and the ISM Manufacturing PMI data for June, which will be released during the North American session.
On the Tokyo front, investors expect the Japanese administration to intervene anytime soon to support the falling Japanese Yen (JPY). On Tuesday, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said that the administration is always ready to take necessary action on Forex; however, he didn’t deliver any comments regarding specific FX levels.
USD/JPY technical analysis
USD/JPY trades higher at around 162.73, extending its bullish bias as spot holds well above the 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) at 161.19. The overall trend of the pair is bullish, following the breakout of the Rising Channel formation.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 78.45 sits deep in overbought territory, suggesting upside momentum remains strong but also warns that the pair could be vulnerable to bouts of corrective pullback even within the broader uptrend.
On the downside, immediate support is seen at the Rising Channel breakout region near 161.75, followed by the 20-day EMA near 161.19. Looking up, the pair could extend the rally towards 163.00 and 164.00.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool.)
US Dollar FAQs
The US Dollar (USD) is the official currency of the United States of America, and the ‘de facto’ currency of a significant number of other countries where it is found in circulation alongside local notes. It is the most heavily traded currency in the world, accounting for over 88% of all global foreign exchange turnover, or an average of $6.6 trillion in transactions per day, according to data from 2022. Following the second world war, the USD took over from the British Pound as the world’s reserve currency. For most of its history, the US Dollar was backed by Gold, until the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1971 when the Gold Standard went away.
The most important single factor impacting on the value of the US Dollar is monetary policy, which is shaped by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Fed has two mandates: to achieve price stability (control inflation) and foster full employment. Its primary tool to achieve these two goals is by adjusting interest rates. When prices are rising too quickly and inflation is above the Fed’s 2% target, the Fed will raise rates, which helps the USD value. When inflation falls below 2% or the Unemployment Rate is too high, the Fed may lower interest rates, which weighs on the Greenback.
In extreme situations, the Federal Reserve can also print more Dollars and enact quantitative easing (QE). QE is the process by which the Fed substantially increases the flow of credit in a stuck financial system. It is a non-standard policy measure used when credit has dried up because banks will not lend to each other (out of the fear of counterparty default). It is a last resort when simply lowering interest rates is unlikely to achieve the necessary result. It was the Fed’s weapon of choice to combat the credit crunch that occurred during the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. It involves the Fed printing more Dollars and using them to buy US government bonds predominantly from financial institutions. QE usually leads to a weaker US Dollar.
Quantitative tightening (QT) is the reverse process whereby the Federal Reserve stops buying bonds from financial institutions and does not reinvest the principal from the bonds it holds maturing in new purchases. It is usually positive for the US Dollar.
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