US dollar bearish bets rose to $10.88 billion from $10.26 against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to September 5 released on Friday September 8. 156 thousand new jobs were created in US in August of 2017, below a downwardly revised 189 thousand in July and lower than market expectations of 180 thousand.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| September 05 2017 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | positive | 4336 | 88 |
| AUD | bullish | positive | 5187 | -99 |
| EUR | bullish | positive | 14340 | 1400 |
| GBP | bearish | positive | -4311 | -148 |
| CHF | bearish | positive | -284 | -51 |
| JPY | bearish | positive | -8387 | -573 |
| Total | 10882 |