USD/JPY has bounced from its August low near 146.20 but remains capped by the 200-day moving average. Failure to clear resistance around 150.90–151.20 would keep downside risks in play, with a break below 146.20 opening the door to a deeper correction, Société Générale's FX analysts note.
Almost every currency strengthened against the US dollar on Friday in response to the weak US labour market report, Commerzbank's FX analyst Michael Pfister notes.
Friday's US labor market report finally dispelled any remaining doubts about whether the Fed would cut interest rates soon, briefly pushing EUR/USD above the 1.1750 mark. Only one of the 80 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had expected an even worse figure.