US dollar bearish bets fell to $8.18 billion from $12.96 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to February 13 released on Friday February 16. The dollar sentiment improved after signs of inflation uptick such as the rise in January wages raised expectations the Federal Reserve may increase the pace of interest rate hikes.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| February 13 2018 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | positive | 2584 | -632 |
| AUD | bullish | positive | 713 | -374 |
| EUR | bullish | positive | 19647 | -2144 |
| GBP | bullish | positive | 1297 | -1134 |
| CHF | bearish | positive | -2663 | 41 |
| JPY | bearish | positive | -13394 | -530 |
| Total | 8184 |