The dollar index finished little changed on Friday. A 4% jump in WTI crude oil prices to a five-week high supported the dollar by raising inflation expectations, while a stock selloff boosted liquidity demand. However, declining Treasury yields eroded the dollar's interest rate advantage. Mixed US economic data included a stronger-than-expected 19.0% monthly rise in June housing starts to 1.427 million and a University of Michigan consumer sentiment index that climbed to a five-month high of 54.4, but building permits fell 3.0% to 1.367 million and manufacturing production was flat. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said persistently high inflation is her bigger concern, and swaps markets priced a 14% chance of a quarter-point rate hike at the July 28-29 FOMC meeting.