• The US dollar rallied during the Friday session to show signs of life again against the Japanese yen.
• The longer-term uptrend has been very strong, so it does make quite a bit of sense that we would see this area offer buyers given enough time.
• Overall, the USD/JPY currency pair will continue to pay close attention to the ¥132 level as potential support, but it’s also worth noting that we have been noisy over the last week or so.

When you look at this chart, you can see that we have shown a bit of a pullback as of late, but we had been a little overdone, and that’s part of a normal market. With the Bank of Japan continuing to print unlimited yen, via buying unlimited bonds, that does put a certain amount of downward pressure on the Japanese currency. However, if interest rates around the world are going to continue to fall, that releases some of that pressure on the Japanese, and thereby makes the Japanese yen strengthen.