Exchange: After Tokyo 25:00/NFP, the yen strengthens broadly and the dollar weakens, with USD/JPY selling, and gains in the pound and the Australian dollar as market sentiment shifts.

5 PM – 1 AM		2023/1/6
	OPEN	LAST	CHANGE
USD/JPY	134.22	132.38	▲ 184
EUR/USD	1.0512	1.0604	△ 92
GBP/USD	1.1891	1.2048	△ 157
AUD/USD	0.6749	0.6842	△ 93
EUR/JPY	141.17	140.38	▲ 79
GBP/JPY	159.66	159.50	▲ 16
AUD/JPY	90.64	90.57	▲ 7

■Position Changes, Signals－Friday, January 6

・Tokyo morning: yen weak, dollar weak. As European session approaches, yen broadly weak. From New York to London fixings, yen broadly strong and dollar weak.

・Intraday balance: selling USD/JPY at 132.58, buying pounds at 1.2001, buying Australian dollar at 0.6804 as market tone shifts.

■Key Economic Indicators (U.S. focus), interest rate decisions, events, news, etc.

・Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President says the U.S. should keep high interest rates＝CNBC

・Atlanta Fed President says continue resolve to curb inflation

・BOJ-related sources: “BOJ will not rush to revise YCC. They will assess the impact and effects of the December decision.”

・December U.S. employment report: Nonfarm Payrolls +223,000 (previous 263,000 → 256,000)

・December U.S. unemployment rate 3.5% (previous 3.7% → 3.6%)

・December ISM Non-manufacturing PMI 49.6 (previous 56.5)

・November U.S. Manufacturing New Orders month-over-month ▼1.8% (previous ▼1.0% → ▼0.4%)

（If there is a change in the intraday balance and new positions are taken, they will be re-confirmed at the NY close and rolled into overnight positions, while the initial positions will be closed. However, if new positions in the yen and China balance are canceled mid-way, the initial positions up to that point will be maintained. Therefore, when new positions arise due to intraday balance changes, they will be paired with the initial positions. Naturally, cancelations will incur losses.)