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Aussie bulls got to work after the PBoC provided support for liquidity. Equities and commodity traders missed the memo, however, and focused on WHY the central bank made aggressive moves.

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Italy’s budget troubles were still the stuff of headlines for the euro last week, preventing its buddy the franc from taking advantage of risk-off flows as well.

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Risk aversion and bond yield action dragged the Kiwi lower last week. Which catalysts can affect the comdoll in the next couple of days?

Today is another NFP Friday so price action was subdued for the most part. The session wasn’t a complete snooze fest, though, since CHF and JPY both closed lower, while AUD caught a soft bid.

No fresh catalyst? No problem! High-yielding currencies like the Aussie and Kiwi took more hits as traders continued to price in higher U.S. Treasury yields and the prospect of faster inflation in the U.S.

Risk-off vibes from the earlier session carried on for the rest of the day, pushing commodity currencies much lower even as the dollar was on shaky footing.

The surge in U.S. bond yields stalled during the session, so the Greenback’s strength also got sapped. And the euro and the pound were quick to take advantage of that. The Kiwi, meanwhile, was still bleeding out.