US dollar net short bets rose again reaching $25.74 billion from $24.31 billion against the major currencies during the one-week period, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to December 1 and released on Friday December 4. The continued deterioration of dollar sentiment was reflected in the increase in bullish bets on the Japanese yen, Pound and euro despite Destatis report German inflation came in at -0.3% over-year in November after -0.2% in October. Dollar bearish bets rose as President Trump said he would leave the White House if Electoral College votes for Joe Biden. The increase in dollar bearish bests continued as the US Labor Department reported 778 thousand Americans sought unemployment benefits over the last week, up from 748 thousand the previous week. And the expansion of the US economy slowed in November indicated by Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index slipping from 61.1 to 58.2 in November.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| December 01 2020 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bearish | positive | -1642 | -346 |
| AUD | bearish | positive | -796 | -408 |
| EUR | bullish | positive | 21109 | 559 |
| GBP | bearish | negative | -663 | 767 |
| CHF | bullish | positive | 2036 | -20 |
| JPY | bullish | positive | 5693 | 877 |
| Total | 25736 |