Retail sales decline weighs on dollar sentiment


US dollar short bets rose to $11.57 billion from $10.88 against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to September 12 released on Friday September 15. US economic data were mixed as producer prices rose in August while retail sales declined 0.2%.


CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

September 12 2017BiasEx RateTrendPosition $ mlnWeekly Change
CADbullishnegative4147-188
AUDbullishnegative5053-134
EURbullishnegative12869-1472
GBPbearishpositive-3826484
CHFbearishneutral-171113
JPYbearishnegative-65031884
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