# Dollar ticks up after U.S. job openings hit two-year high; yen at 40-year lows By Investing.com

> US job openings reached a two-year high, lifting Treasury yields and modestly boosting expectations for Fed rate hikes. The dollar index ticked up to about 101.20 while the yen remained at its weakest level against the dollar in four decades.

- Date: 2026-06-30 · published 2026-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19052-dollar-ticks-up-after-u-s-job-openings-hit-two-year-high-yen-at-40-year-lows-by
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger US labor data raises the odds of Fed tightening, which tends to lift the dollar and pressure dollar-priced grain and oilseed markets.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2026-06-29 | [Yen drops sharply versus the dollar after earlier hitting 40-year low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19046-yen-drops-sharply-versus-the-dollar-after-earlier-hitting-40-year-low.md) | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| DXY | 2017-06-14 | [Dollar U-Turns On Hawkish Yellen \| Investing.com ZA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10200-dollar-u-turns-on-hawkish-yellen-investing-com-za.md) | +0.6% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2024-12-18 | [Dollar index hits two-year high after Fed delivers rate cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26849-dollar-index-hits-two-year-high-after-fed-delivers-rate-cut.md) | +0.7% | +1.5% |
| DXY | 2026-02-24 | [Dollar ticks up on positive economic data; euro stable while yuan slips By Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20835-dollar-ticks-up-on-positive-economic-data-euro-stable-while-yuan-slips-by.md) | +0.6% | +1.7% |
| DXY | 2023-07-01 | [Dollar index hits two-week high after data; yen remains soft](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35681-dollar-index-hits-two-week-high-after-data-yen-remains-soft.md) | -0.3% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- investing.com: https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/japanese-yen-slides-to-1986-low-as-traders-brace-for-intervention-4766822

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