10 December 2021, USD/JPY
USDJPY trading plan:
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in more than 52 years last week as labor market conditions continued to tighten amid an acute shortage of workers. The claims report, the timeliest data on the economy’s health, followed on the heels of news last week that the jobless rate fell to a 21-month low of 4.2% in November. Data on Wednesday showed there were 11 million job openings at the end of October and Americans quit jobs at near-record rates. Labor market tightness bolsters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s view that the U.S. central bank should consider speeding up the winding down of its massive bond purchases at its policy meeting next week. It also puts an early Fed interest rate increase on the table.
Investment idea: buy 113.40 and take profit 114.04.