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USD/JPY chart on Trading View used for analysis
- USD/JPY trades 0.19% higher on the day at 112.86 at the time of writing.
- The pair has held support at daily cloud and has bounced off major trendline support on Thursday's trade.
- Technical bias remains largely bearish. Break below cloud will see further weakness.
- The US Labor Department will issue its Non-farm payrolls Report later today at 13:30 GMT.
- Non-farm payrolls are expected to rise by 205,000 in November, down from the prior month's exceptional 250,000.
- The unemployment rate is predicted to remain at 3.7% and annual average hourly earnings to have increased 3 % last month as in October.
- Upbeat data could put a strong bid under the US dollar. That said, Sino-U.S. trade dispute is far from being settled and could cap upside.
Support levels - 112.67 (cloud top), 112.40 (trendline)
Resistance levels - 113.02 (5-DMA), 113.25 (20-DMA)
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