MW: Dollar inches higher as unemployment hits 10.2%
By Nick Godt
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar rose slightly early on Friday, after the government reported the U.S. economy lost 190,000 jobs in October, lifting the unemployment rate to 10.2%. The dollar index (DXY 75.82, +0.08, +0.10%) , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, stood at 78.810 compared with 75.611 earlier.
