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 2018 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
CAD | bearish | bearish | -2417 | 97 |
AUD | bearish | bearish | -789 | -572 |
EUR | bullish | bearish | 23422 | 656 |
GBP | bullish | bearish | 4274 | 463 |
CHF | bearish | bearish | -1362 | 42 |
JPY | bullish | bearish | 303 | -19 |
Total | 23431 |