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Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary

U.S. Review Signals of Stronger Growth and Fed Tapering • Existing home sales rose more than expected in July,

FX Sentiment Report

• The USD is still held net long but week-over-week changes suggest that sentiment is rapidly turning to a more bearish USD stance.

FX Sentiment Report

• Sentiment continues to favor the USD, as nearly all of the majors are held net short vs the USD.

FX Sentimnet Report

CAD RISK CONTINUES TO BE PARED BACK Most of the majors saw relatively minor shifts in sentiment for the second consecutive week,

FX Sentiment Report

The absolute change in FX positioning was relatively small this week, likely as the market was nervous leading into Chair Bernanke’s appearance before Congress.

Japanese portfolio flow monitor

Weekly data – First outflow in two months – Japanese residents invested ¥980bn abroad in the week ending July 5, following seven weeks of relatively strong repatriation.

CFTC: Hedge funds double US dollar bets

Hedge funds nearly doubled their bets on the US Dollar in the week ending July 2, according to the most recent data from the US Commoditiy Futures Trading Commission.

FX Sentiment Report

Shifts in sentiment were relatively muted this week, with minor changes in positioning among most of the majors with the exception of CAD.

NZD and MXN positioned at one-year lows last week, USD unchanged

Hedge funds made only small changes to their IMM currency positions during the week ending June 25, according to the latest data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

FX SENTIMENT REPORT

Shifts in sentiment were relatively muted this week, with minor changes in positioning among most of the majors with the exception of CAD.

FX Sentiment Report

Leading into the Fed decision, traders were nervous and exposures shifted aggressively from EM and carry trades into the most liquid European currencies of EUR, GBP and

CFTC: AUD short reaching record; EUR short almost removed

Hedge funds cut their long dollar exposure through IMM currency futures by almost one-third during the week ending June 11.