Overall, funds' net short dollar position against a range of currencies was worth some $13.17 billion, down slightly from $13.58 billion the week before.
It is still a substantial overall bet on the dollar falling, however, and marks the 36th week in a row funds have been net short.
It is comprised of a near $10 billion aggregate bet versus G10 currencies and $3.5 billion versus emerging currencies, namely the peso and real.
Funds extended their net long sterling position by around 5,000 contracts to over 58,000, the biggest net long since 2007.
That's a $4.7 billion bet on a stronger pound centering on sticky UK inflation versus U.S. disinflation.
Persons:
JP, Sterling, Jamie McGeever, Himani Sarkar
Organizations:
Futures, Federal Reserve, HSBC, U.S, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
ORLANDO, Florida, U.S, That's