The dollar is rising against all of its major rivals Thursday afternoon. The buck dipped in early trade after some comments from President Trump, but has staged a recovery heading into the long holiday weekend.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, President Trump said he thinks the U.S. dollar "is getting too strong." Trump also told the Journal he likes a low interest rate policy and noted he has not decided whether to reappoint Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

Trump also said that "it's very, very hard to compete when you have a strong dollar and other countries are devaluing their currency." The president also mentioned that he will not label China a currency manipulator.

First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly edged lower in the week ended April 8th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday. The report said initial jobless claims dipped to 234,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week's revised level of 235,000.

Economists had expected jobless claims to rise to 245,000 from the 234,000 originally reported for the previous week.

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday showed a modest decrease in U.S. producer prices in the month of March. The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand edged down by 0.1 percent in March after rising by 0.3 percent in February. Economists had expected prices to come in flat.

Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has unexpectedly improved in the month of April, according to a report released by the University of Michigan on Thursday. The report said the consumer sentiment index rose to 98.0 in April from 96.9 in March. Economists had expected the index to edge down to 96.6.

The dollar dipped to an early low of $1.0677 against the Euro Thursday, but has since climbed to around $1.0615.

Germany's consumer price inflation was unchanged at a four-month low in March, final figures from Destatis confirmed Thursday. The consumer price index rose 1.6 percent year-on-year following 2.2 percent surge in February. The inflation figure was the weakest since November.

France's consumer price inflation slowed marginally as initially estimated in March, latest figures from the statistical office Insee showed Thursday. The consumer price index rose 1.1 percent year-over-year in March, following a 1.2 percent climb in February. That was in line with the flash data published on March 31.

The buck dropped to a 2-week low of $1.2573 against the pound sterling Thursday morning, but has since rebounded to around $1.2510.

U.K. house prices increased at the slowest pace in four years in the three months ended March from a year ago, survey data from the mortgage lender Halifax and IHS Markit showed Thursday. House prices climbed 3.6 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, slower than the 6.5 percent spike in the fourth quarter. Moreover, this was the weakest rise in property prices since the first quarter of 2013.

The house price balance in the United Kingdom came in at 22 percent in March, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Thursday. That was in line with expectations and unchanged from the February reading.

The greenback slipped to nearly a 5-month low of Y108.731 against the Japanese Yen Thursday morning, but has since bounced back to around Y109.125.

The M2 money stock in Japan was up 4.3 percent on year in March, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, coming in at 962.8 trillion yen. That topped expectations for a gain of 4.2 percent, which would have been unchanged from the February reading.

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