Dollar sentiment soured after weak inflation data

July 9, 2019

By IFCMarkets

US dollar net long bets dropped dramatically to $ 13.12 billion from $21.75 against the major currencies during the one week period, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to July 2 and released on Monday July 8. The dollar sentiment deteriorated as Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge for inflation – the personal consumption expenditure index, declined from 1.6% over year in April to 1.5% in May while durable goods orders dropped 1.3% over month with trade deficit widening 5.1% .

 

CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

July 02 2019 Bias Ex RateTrend Position $ mln Weekly Change
CAD bearish negative 2027 3150
AUD bearish negative -4107 547
EUR bearish negative -4478 3522
GBP bearish negative -5056 -383
CHF bearish negative -1362 751
JPY bearish negative -142 1042
Total -13117

 

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