USD/JPY eyeing equilibrium on now higher plane?
Oct 3 (Reuters) -New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told Bank of Japan GovernorKazuo Ueda Wednesday that Japan was not ready for morerate hikes, sending USD/JPY soaring to one-month highs. For his part, Ueda responded thatthe BOJ would move cautiously in hiking rates furthernL6N3LE0NA.
USD/JPY surged to 146.52 in New Yorkfrom an Asia low of 143.45. Early Thursday action in Asia has seen it as high as 147.25 on EBS.
The descending 55-day moving averageat 146.30 has been decisively breached and spot is now testinginto the descending daily Ichimoku cloud between 147.09-151.81.
Like the 145.00 level which served as a near-term cap until Wednesday due tomassive option expiries, 147.00 could be the next key level to watch. There are large option expiriesat this strike Thursday and bigger onesnext week.
In addition,there is the Aug 20 high of147.34 and more resistance around 148.00, with148.05 a high dating back to Aug 19.
From this equilibrium of sorts between 146.00-148.00, USD/JPY may seemore volatility followingthe U.S. Septemberjobs report Friday.
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USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3zQSkek
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/3YiTZTH
JGB-US Treasury 2-year interest rate differential: https://tmsnrt.rs/3XSnvOA
Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own. Editing by Sonali Desai
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