Dollar bullish bets rise as unemployment falls

October 15, 2018

By IFCMarkets

US dollar net bullish bets rose considerably last week to $27.79 billion from $23.69 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to October 9 and released on Friday October 12. The dollar bullish bets rose as the US labor market remained strong and unemployment ticked lower from 3.9% to 3.7% in September, 48-year low while the expansion in services sector continued to accelerate.

 

CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

October 09 2018 Bias Ex RateTrend Position $ mln Weekly Change
CAD bearish positive -939 503
AUD bearish positive -5205 -50
EUR bearish positive -2318 -1294
GBP bearish positive -4968 -156
CHF bearish negative -1614 95
JPY bearish positive -12750 -201
Total -27794

 

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