US dollar bearish bets fell sharply to $2.19 billion from $7.80 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to December 19 released on Friday December 22. The 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve as the central bank signaled plans to raise rates three more times in 2018 and the passing of the Republicans’ tax bill by House of Representatives were the main catalysts for dollar bullish views.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| December 19 2017 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | positive | 3566 | 305 |
| AUD | bearish | positive | -969 | -4043 |
| EUR | bullish | positive | 12761 | -3946 |
| GBP | bullish | negative | 1705 | 758 |
| CHF | bearish | negative | -2208 | 1418 |
| JPY | bearish | negative | -12670 | -104 |
| Total | 2185 |