
At 10:00 Tokyo time the dollar-yen rate was around 158.49, up 75 sen from the prior close, after touching 158.25 at 9:30. The dollar had closed in New York at 158.69 after JOLTS job openings rose to a four-month high and lifted US long-term yields, which then eased in after-hours trade.
Euro/dollar was near 1.1215.
Currency moves tied to US labour data and yields shift the dollar's value for dollar-priced feed commodities, but the effect on grain prices is indirect.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
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.