The dollar is weaker

The dollar is weaker against the majors, though Friday's decline is relatively small.The US dollar index is down by 0.3% at 101.44 as of 7:46 a.m. ET.The two main "forces" propping up the greenback increasedUS interest rates and the "anticipation that the populist-nationalist rise will be expressed shortly in Europe" are still intact, saysMarc Chandler, global head of currency strategy, at Brown Brothers Harriman.The US stock market will be open on Friday until 1 p.m. ET., and the bond market will be open until 2 p.m. ET.As for the rest of the world, here's the scoreboard as of 7:34 a.m. ET:TheJapanese yen is up by 0.4% at 112.91 per dollar. Earlier, data showed that Japan's headline CPI reading rose to 0.1% year-over-year in October, compared to the prior reading of -0.5%. However, the "core" CPI came in at -0.4%; this figure has beenin the negative for eight months.Theeuro is up by 0.4% at 1.0591 against the dollar.TheRussian ruble is down by 0.2% at 64.5929 per dollar, while Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, is down by 1.2% at $48.41 per barrel.TheBritish pound is little changed at 1.2437 against the dollar after the UK's GDP growth came in at 0.5% in the third quarter, as expected.SEE ALSO:What could kill the Trump dollar rallyJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: This hidden iPhone feature will boost your reception
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