Dollar falls after mixed data and March inflation slide


US dollar bearish bets rose to $23.43 billion from $22.76 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to April 17 released on Friday April 20. The dollar sentiment continued to deteriorate as the consumer price index fell 0.1% on month in March while retail sales rose 0.6%.


CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

April 17 2018BiasEx RateTrendPosition $ mlnWeekly Change
CADbearishbearish-241797
AUDbearishbearish-789-572
EURbullishbearish23422656
GBPbullishbearish4274463
CHFbearishbearish-136242
JPYbullishbearish303-19
  Total23431