The jump higher in the dollar after the US jobs report on Friday was encouraging but there still needs to be more in order to vindicate a return back to the year’s highs for the greenback. For now, the price action today suggests that market players are not convinced and USD/JPY tipping back below 135.00 is but a testament to that.

While buyers managed to recover well from a drop towards 130.00 last week, the rebound here isn’t suggestive of a return towards 140.00 yet either. For that, the bond market needs to play ball and for now, that isn’t quite the case. 10-year Treasury yields are down 4 bps today to near 2.79% upon encountering resistance at the 100-day moving average