During today’s trading, the US dollar is changing slightly against the euro and the Japanese yen.

At the same time, the dollar index may interrupt the six-week series of growth and end the week with a decline, as the continuing weakness of U.S. statistical data amid aggressive tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) increases worries about economic growth, Trading Economics writes.

The ICE-calculated index showing the dollar’s performance against six currencies (euro, Swiss franc, yen, Canadian dollar, pound sterling and Swedish krona) adds 0.13%, while the broader WSJ Dollar Index loses 0.4%.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (FRB) Chairman Patrick Harker said the day before that he supports raising the Fed’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) at each of its next two meetings.

Earlier on the readiness of the Fed to raise the rate by 50 b.p. at meetings in June and July said the head of the U.S. Central Bank Jerome Powell.

As of 9:32 Moscow time, the euro was at $1.0586 compared to $1.0588 at the close of the previous session.

The dollar exchange rate to the Japanese national currency amounted at the same time 127.84 yen against 127.81 yen the day before.

Consumer prices in Japan rose 2.5% in April from the same month a year earlier – the highest rate since October 2014, data from the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications showed.

The inflation rate exceeded the 2% mark for the first time since September 2008, excluding the effect of a consumption tax hike, Dow Jones noted.

The rise in consumer prices was recorded at the end of the eighth consecutive month. In March, inflation in Japan amounted to 1.2%.

The pound sterling rose to $1.2478 from $1.2467 by 9:33 Moscow time.