Forex news for North American trading
on February 19, 2021
The USD was the weakest currency at the close of yesterday and it continued the move to the downside today. Although it was not the weakest of the majors (the CHF was the weakest), it fell vs all the majors with the exception of the CHF.  The biggest declines

NASDAQ index and Dow industrial average close marginally higher. Russell index surges
a snapshot of the final numbers shows:

Fed Powell testifies. RBNZ rate decision
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Pres. Biden speaking in Michigan

Weekly forex futures positioning data from the CFTC for the week ending Tuesday, February 16, 2021
– EUR long 140K vs 140K long last week. Unchanged
– GBP long 22K vs 21K long last week. Longs increased by 1K