I’m not going to keep beating a dead horse but with the retreat in bond yields today, it is adding to the downside momentum in USD/JPY at the moment. 10-year Treasury yields are down 4.6 bps to 3.960% and that is keeping a drag on the currency pair, which is down 0.8% or 110 pips to 140.20 currently.

I talked more about the technical considerations here earlier but after the rejection at 145.00 coming into July, the pair is pretty much caught in a big void between that and the 140.00 level. So, we’re pretty much just moving towards the lower extreme with the US CPI data in focus tomorrow.

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