Dollar strengthened on strong consumer sentiment and Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing index reports

May 27, 2019

By IFCMarkets

US dollar net long bets edged up to $34.76 billion from $33.58 billion against the major currencies during the one week period, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to May 21 and released on Friday May 24. The dollar strengthened considerably after a report University of Michigan report consumer sentiment rose to a 15-year high in May while Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing index report was better than expected.

 

CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

May 21 2019 Bias Ex RateTrend Position $ mln Weekly Change
CAD bearish negative -3151 384
AUD bearish positive -4550 -105
EUR bearish positive -14106 -756
GBP bearish negative -2077 -1809
CHF bearish positive -4636 324
JPY bearish positive -6243 778
Total -34763

 

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