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Net Specs On Aussie Reach Record Lows Amid Chinese Slowdown

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  • In the past few months, the strong deceleration in the Chinese economic activity combined with the rise in Evergrande contagion risk have led to a surge in negative sentiment on the Australian Dollar.
  • According to the CFTC, net short specs on the AUD reached a record high of 85.6K contracts in the week ending September 21.
  • We previously saw that the Aussie Dollar has historically been very sensitive to changes in Chinese equities.
  • After recovering strongly following the Covid19 shock, AUDUSD, also considered as a 'risk on' currency pair, peaked at 0.80 in February (which coincides with the peak in Chinese economies activity) and has been consolidating by nearly 10% since then.

Source: Bloomberg/CFTC/MNI

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