U.S. Dollar Index Little Higher, Labor Costs Rise

The September U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 96.09, up 0.07. The U.S. Dollar Index is trading a little higher on the day and mostly rangebound. The Department of Labor reported that weekly jobless claims rose to 263,000 from 261,000 last week. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that non-farm productivity for the second quarter fell 0.6 percent and unit labor costs rose 4.3 percent versus a decline of 0.2 percent in the first quarter.