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Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
Sentiment is shifting back in favour of the USD warning of further near‐term USD gains. Overall market positioning is light; with most currencies held close to flat.
Weekly Report
Markets have priced in rate cuts Looking forward the key event will be the European central bank policy meeting.
Capex – QI 2014
• Actual capital spending fell by 4.2% in QI and will make a small negative contribution to QI GDP growth.
ANZ: Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
Leveraged funds reduced their net short positions against the USD for the second week. Net short positions against the USD fell by USD0.4bn, largely reflecting the reduction in positioning in the EUR.
QI Capex Preview
The QI capex data is released on Thursday 29 May. In this capex surveywe receive the actual QI capex data, the sixth estimate for 2013-14spending and most importantly, the second estimate for 2014-15 capexcapex spending.
Societe Generale: Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
The following are the latest weekly positions updates on Societe Generale’s FX Quant Fund which runs systematic currency strategies by SocGen’s quant analysts.
The Week Ahead in FX
In the coming week, markets in the U.K. will be closed for a public holiday on Monday, while U.S. markets will also be closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
FX volatility is low and positioning is relatively light, even in carrytrades that typically thrive in low vol environments. Most positionsare close to flat, and even large positions,
Weekly Report
The BoJ remains confident with its inflation outlook As expected the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left unchanged its monetary policy on 21 May.
QI Wage Price Index (WPI), May Consumer Sentiment
The 0.7% rise in the QI WPI was bang on market expectations of a 0.7% rise {CBA (f) 0.8%}. Annual wages growthremained steady at 2.6%pa and below the 3.1%pa growth a year ago and
Leveraged Funds Cut EUR, GBP Longs, Increased AUD longs
The following are key points in ANZ’s analysis for the latest speculative positioning report (positioning data is for the week ending 13 May.
The Week Ahead in FX
In the week ahead, investors will be looking to the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting, due for release on Wednesday, for insight on the central bank’s view of the economy.