#USDJPY @ 132.435 remains depressed after reversing from two-week high. (Pivot Orderbook analysis)

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• USD/JPY remains depressed after reversing from two-week high.
• Yields drop as US PMI traces downbeat inflation clues, receding hawkish Fed bets.
• Japan PM Kishida assures stable financial system at home, pledges more investments.
• Tuesday’s light calendar can allow Yen pair to consolidate recent losses if risk catalysts permit.

The pair currently trades last at 132.435.

The previous day high was 133.6 while the previous day low was 132.59. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 133.21, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 132.97, expected to provide resistance.

USD/JPY slides to 132.20 while extending the week-start reversal from the highest level in a fortnight. That said, the Yen pair’s latest losses could be linked to the downbeat US Treasury bond yields, as well as softer data, not to forget upbeat comments from Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

After assuring the stability of the financial system at home, Japan PM Kishida pledged more investment to please the Yen pair sellers. “It is necessary to speed up private investment through green transformation bonds to promote decarbonization domestically,” said Japan PM Kishida.

Talking about the yields, the US 10-year Treasury bond yields dropped in the last four consecutive days to 3.42% at the latest while the two-year counterpart marked a two-day downtrend in the last to 3.97%.

Softer US PMIs joined the market’s lack of inflation fears from the OPEC+ supply cuts and the resulting Oil price run-up to weigh on the yields. That said, the US ISM Manufacturing PMI dropped to the lowest levels since May 2020 in March, to 46.3 versus 47.5 expected and 47.7 prior. On the same line, the final readings of March’s S&P Global Manufacturing PMI eased to 49.2 compared to 49.3 initial estimations.

At home, Japan’s Tankan Large Manufacturing Index for the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, a closely observed output guide by the Bank of Japan (BoJ), eased to 1.0 from 7.0 previous readings and 3.0 expected. On the other hand, Japan’s Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI for March improved to 49.2 from 48.6 previous. However, the below-50 figure suggests a contraction in private manufacturing activities.

It should be noted that the downbeat Fed calls also weigh on the yield and the USD/JPY prices. As per the latest read, the CME’s FedWatch Tool marked nearly 43% market bets on the Fed’s 0.25% rate hike in May, versus 52% expected on Friday.

Amid these plays, Wall Street closed mixed and the yields were down while the US Dollar Index (DXY) dropped the most in a fortnight the previous day to test the lowest levels in two months. Further, the S&P 500 Futures struggle for clear directions.

Moving forward, USDJPY may pare recent losses amid a light calendar but downbeat yields and inflation fears, led by the OPEC+ surprise, may weigh on the Yen pair ahead of this week’s key US jobs report, up for publishing on Friday.

A U-turn from the 100-DMA, around 133.75 by the press time, directs USD/JPY towards an ascending support line from mid-January, close to 130.70 at the latest.

Technical Levels: Supports and Resistances

USDJPY currently trading at 132.32 at the time of writing. Pair opened at 132.87 and is trading with a change of -0.41% % .

The pair remains strongly bearish on the daily time frame. It trades below the 20 SMA @ 133.27, 50 SMA 132.95, 100 SMA @ 133.87 and 200 SMA @ 137.32.

The previous day high was 133.6 while the previous day low was 132.59. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 133.21, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 132.97, expected to provide resistance.

Note the levels of interest below:

• Pivot support is noted at 132.44, 132.01, 131.43
• Pivot resistance is noted at 133.45, 134.03, 134.46

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