
USD/JPY reversed upward on July 31 as US Treasury yields rebounded from record lows, with 5-year yields at 0.23% and 10-year yields near 0.56%. Traders also flagged possible Japanese Ministry of Finance intervention.
Rising US yields tend to support the dollar, which pressures dollar-denominated commodity prices and can lower imported feed costs for yen-based buyers.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.