Japan September Services PMI 53.8 (prior 54.3)

<p>Jibun Bank / S&amp;P Global September final PMIs. </p><p>Preliminary and priors are here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/japan-september-preliminary-manufacturing-pmi-486-prior-496-20230922/" target="_blank" rel="follow">flash Services PMI </a></li></ul><p>And the final for the manufacturing PMI is here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/japan-final-manufacturing-pmi-for-september-485-prior-496-20231002/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Japan final manufacturing PMI for September 48.5 (prior 49.6)</a></li></ul><p>—</p><p>The focus for the session is on how USD/JPY responds to its collapse during US time:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/usdjpy-smashed-lower-in-sign-of-intervention-20231003/" target="_blank" data-article-link="true">USD/JPY smashed lower in sign of intervention</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/japan-senior-mof-official-asked-about-intervention-no-comment-20231003/" target="_blank" data-article-link="true">Japan senior MOF official asked about intervention: No comment</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/japans-mr-yen-kanda-has-no-comment-on-whether-japan-intervened-in-the-fx-market-20231003/" target="_self">Japan's "Mr Yen" Kanda has no comment on whether Japan intervened in the FX market</a></li></ul><p>USD/JPY update (I cut the overnight plunge out of this chart to give you a better pic of the moves since):</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.