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CHF resumed its slide despite the risk-off vibes. Meanwhile, recovering oil prices gave CAD a boost. GBP demand was also notable, though.

The Kiwi took the most hits during the session as New Zealand surprisingly printed weak employment numbers.

A surprise build in API oil stockpiles, along with falling European bond yields, combined forces to drag higher-yielding currencies down during the U.S. session.

CHF had a good run, even though risk appetite was the dominant sentiment. Meanwhile, AUD and NZD fared rather poorly, likely because of the commodities rout.

So the RBA kept its policies for another month AND tried to jawbone the Aussie. What exactly did Lowe and his team say?

The Greenback didn’t wake up on the right side of the bed on Monday’s New York trading session as it was bogged down by a triple-whammy of sorts.

Price action was rather choppy during the session but GBP was able to nudge higher across the board while CHF suffered from selling pressure.

Risk aversion was the name of the game in early Asian session trading, but traders soon kept calm and traded on as relatively strong reports came out.

The Swissy suffered extensive losses this week. But what about the other currencies? How did they fare?

AUD apparently took the brunt of the risk-off vibes and commodities rout. EUR, meanwhile, very likely got a boost from net positive Euro Zone inflation data.