The euro rose a little against the dollar at the end of the day Thursday, after a report of the last meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) reflecting the prudence of the institution and a disappointing indicator in the United States on unemployment.

Around 19:30 GMT (21:30 in Paris), the euro appreciated by 0.12% against the greenback, to 1.1852 dollar.

"The euro remains in calm waters against the dollar after the minutes" of an ECB meeting at the end of July, observed Kenny Fisher of Oanda.

"The theme (...) seems to have been 'uncertainty', with the word appearing about twenty times in the minutes (of the meeting) and the ECB remaining very concerned about the prospects for growth and inflation in the euro area," he noted.

According to the minutes, the members of the ECB's Governing Council were of the opinion at the time that "the path of inflation, as well as the magnitude of the initial rebound in activity (in the euro area) were not necessarily a good guide to the speed and robustness of the recovery".

The decision-making body will be "better placed to reassess the stance of monetary policy and its policy tools" at its next meeting in September, it added.

The day before, the U.S. central bank also seemed in no hurry to cut interest rates even further. The members of its monetary policy committee considered in particular that "the ongoing health crisis (would weigh) heavily in the short term on economic activity, employment and inflation".

In the same document, the participants also stressed that "the uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook (remains) very high, the trajectory of the economy strongly dependent on that of the virus and the response of the public sector to it", that is, the adoption of a new aid plan.

However, the White House and Congressional Democrats have been discussing for several weeks new aid measures for businesses, households, local authorities and schools, without being able to reach an agreement.

Weekly jobless registrations rose again last week in the United States, rising again above the one million mark.

A total of 14.8 million people were receiving unemployment benefits during the week of August 2 to 8, with data released with a week's lag.

These statistics reflect the persistence of high unemployment in the United States even though the unemployed have been facing since the beginning of August the loss of a crucial aid of $ 600 per week, which had been adopted at the end of March by the Trump administration and Congress in the framework of the gigantic economic recovery plan.