The dollar is slipping after the jobs report

The dollar is slipping after the jobs report.

The US dollar index is little changed at 96.82 as of 8:52 a.m. ET, after hovering in the green earlier in the morning.

Data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the US economy added 156,000 jobs in September and that the unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up to 5.0% as more people were looking for work.

Check out the full rundown on the jobs report here.

As for the rest of the world, here’s the scoreboard as of 7:37 a.m. ET:

The British pound flash-crashed overnight by over 6% to 1.1841 against the dollar in Asian trade. It has since recovered some of its losses and is now down by 2.2% at 1.2338 against the greenback. Additionally, British manufacturing production rose 0.2% month-over-month in August, below expectations of a 0.5% increase. The Japanese yen is up 0.4% at 103.57 per dollar. The Russian ruble is down 0.3% at 62.2669 per dollar.The euro is little changed at 1.1152 against the dollar.