Dollar weakened after Powell speech at Jackson Hole

September 3, 2019

By IFCMarkets

US dollar net long bets continued to fall reaching $12.03 billion from $13.36 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 August 27 and released on Friday August 30. The dollar strengthening reversed after Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said at the annual central banking symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming the Fed will do “ what monetary policy can do to sustain the expansion”.

 

CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

August 27 2019 Bias Ex RateTrend Position $ mln Weekly Change
CAD bullish negative 821 -158
AUD bearish negative -4120 133
EUR bearish negative -5381 -112
GBP bearish negative -6837 190
CHF bearish negative -484 937
JPY bearish negative 3973 307
Total -12029

 

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