U.S. Dollar Index Higher ahead of Data Thursday

Forex traders are beginning to talk about U.S. Economic data due Thursday 8:30 AM ET. Initial Jobless Claims are due along with continuing claims. There has been a lot of Market talk and chatter about U.S retail sales data , the figures comes out at 8:30 ET along with retail sales ex-auto data. Export Prices ex-agriculture for February is also due at 8:30 AM ET along with Import Prices ex-oil. Finally at 10:00 AM ET, Business Inventories for January will be released. The June U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 110.01 up 0.80.