USD/JPY does little despite soft US CPI, sideways
Soft US CPI data unlike soft PPI Tuesday had little effect on USD/JPY
USD/JPY tad better bid, on short-covering? To 147.57 in New York
Off later but in bounce since, Asia so far 147.15-40 EBS, quiet into Tokyo
Thin, choppy, holiday-affected trading in Asia seen continuing today
Gotobi Tokyo fix demand eyed but Japanese exporters on rallies
Option expiries in area today 147.00 $445 mln, 147.30 $380 mln
Also 147.50 $1.4 bln and between 147.85-148.00 total $998 mln
Massive 147.50 strikes to cap? Provide gravitational pull?
US rates soft post-CPI, Tsy 2s @3.953%, 10s @3.835%, JGB yields soft too
More US data tonight but market may continue to consolidate, 146-148?
Soft inflation data suggests 25 bps Fed cut in Sept, already discounted?
Related comments nL1N3K10R9, nL1N3K109D, nL1N3K108C, nL1N3K107X
And nL1N3JV01Z, nL1N3JS022, also nL1N3K10TN, on US CPI nL1N3K10FH
US markets nL1N3K10V4, nL1N3K10ZL, nL4N3K112U, nL1N3K1019
Other news nL4N3JW1FD, nL1N3K10RD, for more click on FXBUZ
USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3X5oiwr
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cnjWoB
JGB-US Treasury 2-year interest rate differential: https://tmsnrt.rs/4cqpjDM
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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