<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The drop is also weighing on bond yields elsewhere, with 10-year Treasury yields also down 2 bps to 3.645% on the day. For now, it looks like the BOJ is managing to keep a hold of the new red line that was drawn this week at 0.50%. But let’s see how things unfold once we get past the holiday season and the turn of the year.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The constant run up by the market against the previous red line at 0.25% for months eventually proved too hot to handle for Kuroda & co. so they might have to face up against such pressures again soon enough.</p>

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.

<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>A glance at the major indices in Europe shows that:</p><ul><li>Eurostoxx +0.2%</li><li>Germany DAX +0.2%</li><li>France CAC 40 +0.2%</li><li>UK FTSE +0.4%</li><li>Spain IBEX +0.3%</li></ul><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>This comes as S&P 500 futures are marginally positive, up 3 points, or 0.1%, on the day currently. Overall, risk sentiment is holding up and finding some bit-part relief following the selloff from last week. That said, the technical outlook remains on the ropes as pointed out earlier <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/news/a-bit-of-relief-for-equities-but-the-coast-is-not-clear-just-yet-20221222/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>here</a>.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Elsewhere, a retreat in 10-year Japan government bond yields to 0.41% is pinning Treasury yields lower as well. In turn, the greenback is slightly lower across the board. USD/JPY is down 0.4% to just below 132.00 while GBP/USD is keeping a slight bounce just above its 200-day moving average of 1.2078 to trade around 1.2090 currently.</p>

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.