The ratio rose to 0.47 on Friday from 0.21-0.23 in the week before last, according to data from Axis Securities. The reading had been low – mostly in the range of 0.12 to 0.22 – in the past five months as foreigners had been maintaining bearish futures bets at near-record levels in the period, while simultaneously pruning their shareholdings.
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee rejects calls for Fed rate cuts to ease US debt burden
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee rejected calls for interest-rate cuts to ease the US government’s debt burden, warning that such a move could fuel inflation