Speculators cut long U.S. dollar bets in latest week

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The value of the net long dollar position was $12.97 billion in the week ended Aug. 9, compared with a net long of $17.27 billion the previous week.

The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from net positions in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Canadian and Australian dollars.

Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

Net dollar long by $2.316 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 52,333 50,433

Short 77,365 93,186

Net -25,032 -42,753

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

Net dollar long by $4.408 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 200,088 191,692

Short 234,624 230,503

Net -34,536 -38,811

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

Net dollar long by $2.602 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 42,219 29,305

Short 76,687 85,714

Net -34,468 -56,409

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

Net dollar long by $1.282 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 8,635 8,170

Short 18,417 21,478

Net -9,782 -13,308

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

Net dollar short by $-1.647 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 46,898 48,342

Short 25,675 28,065

Net 21,223 20,277

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

Net dollar long by $4.01 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 25,644 30,835

Short 83,232 86,785

Net -57,588 -55,950

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

Net dollar long by $-0.683 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 95,572 101,415

Short 123,193 124,468

Net -27,621 -23,053

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)

Net dollar long by $0.017 billion

09 Aug 2022 Prior week

week

Long 18,224 16,521

Short 18,500 18,094

Net -276 -1,573