Western Union notes:
Mixed news on U.S. jobs and inflation added to the cloudy outlook for U.S. interest rates which did little to move the dollar from one-month lows.
Core inflation ticked downward to an annual rate of 1.7%, away from the Fed's 2% comfort level. The job market remained the economy's MVP though as weekly claims improved to 267,000 from 279,000.
Weekly jobless have hovered at historically healthy levels below 300,000 for 15 weeks in a row, a good sign for the next payrolls report.
