Between Japan taking a holiday Monday, the US going full turkey coma Thursday, and a chaotic UK budget leak that somehow made Wednesday interesting, this shortened week packed enough drama to make a few moves on. Fed officials spent the week whispering sweet rate-cut nothings into traders' ears, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand shocked markets by basically saying "that's it, we're done cutting," and the dollar got absolutely wrecked despite everyone being on vacation. There's a lot to break down, so let's get started...shall we?