Speculators raised their bullish positions on the US dollar a tad earlier this week ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement, according to Reuters calculations and data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net long position rose to $29.79 billion in the week ended July 28, the highest since the week of June 9 and higher than $29.77 billion in the previous week.
The biggest change in positioning was a drop in net shorts in sterling, equivalent to a $1.13 billion decline from the prior week. On Wednesday, the US central bank upgraded its view on the jobs market which some traders interpreted as a signal it is preparing to raise its policy rate perhaps as early as September. The Reuters calculation for the aggregate US dollar position is derived from net positions of International Monetary speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and Australian dollars.
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