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It might have been a light and shortened trading week for us, but it sure wasn’t a snoozer thanks to these central banker and other policymaker speeches! Did you miss any of them?

It looks like pound weakness was this week’s main theme. Other than that, we’ve also got Loonie strength as a major theme. So, what was driving forex price action this week?

Risk-taking was the name of the game during Monday’s morning London session, so the higher-yielding Aussie and Kiwi were in demand while the yen and the Swissy got dumped.

The Loonie reigned supreme this week, with the Greenback following closely behind. The yen, meanwhile, got bushwhacked yet again. So, what was driving forex price action on these and the other currencies?