# USD/JPY rises to 158.58 yen after strong US employment data

> The dollar strengthened after October US employment data showed nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate were stronger than forecast, while average hourly earnings also exceeded expectations. USD/JPY rose to 158.58, and EUR/USD fell to 1.1146.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T18:15:39.135Z
- Category: macro · region US and Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84493-usd-jpy-rises-to-158-58-yen-after-strong-us-employment-data
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md), [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

The stronger US data reinforces expectations of higher US interest rates, supporting the dollar and potentially increasing the cost of dollar-priced imports for Japanese buyers. The currency move has no direct feed-commodity supply impact.

## Read by commodity

- EURUSD: bearish ▼
- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2022-06-23 | [Euro sinks after bleak manufacturing, services data; U.S. dollar rises](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41159-euro-sinks-after-bleak-manufacturing-services-data-u-s-dollar-rises.md) | -1.0% | -3.6% |
| EURUSD | 2023-09-14 | [Dollar jumps to 6-month high after data, ECB announcement \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34313-dollar-jumps-to-6-month-high-after-data-ecb-announcement-reuters.md) | -0.2% | -1.7% |
| EURUSD | 2020-10-29 | [Euro Down after ECB, Oil Tumbles, Dollar and Yen Rise - ActionForex](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50842-euro-down-after-ecb-oil-tumbles-dollar-and-yen-rise-actionforex.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |
| EURUSD | 2020-09-22 | [Dollar rises after Fed's Evans comments on quantitative easing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7696-dollar-rises-after-fed-s-evans-comments-on-quantitative-easing.md) | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| EURUSD | 2018-07-25 | [Euro settles lower after ECB decision; yen up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64243-euro-settles-lower-after-ecb-decision-yen-up.md) | +0.2% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.co.jp: https://finance.yahoo.co.jp/news/detail/46379d6575a3e00bab808f989b16aed3ce0435ad

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