NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro on Friday, recovering from an early swoon after better-than-expected U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

The German bank said that moves in all euro-zone government bonds were positively correlated in May. Some markets were strongly correlated, others weakly, but the negative correlations seen in previous months disappeared.

The euro-zone economy has just endured a sixth successive quarter of shrinking GDP. The malaise is spreading to core countries including Finland and the Netherlands, which both contracted in the first quarter.

The pound fell for a fourth week against the euro as reports showing retail sales unexpectedly declined in April and inflation slowed fueled speculation the Bank of England will expand monetary stimulus.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Bund futures rose slightly on Friday before the release of Germany's Ifo business climate index, which is likely to show by how much the euro zone economy lags the United States. Bund gains were limited, however, with markets ...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise between 2.9 billion and 3.9 billion euros on Tuesday, when ...

Euro gains as better Ifo makes ECB easing less likely. * German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts. * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday.

As he explains: �We want to stop those political euro rescue actions and break up the eurozone. The euro is dividing Europe instead of unifying it.

The move lower in peripheral bonds was a correction rather than a new trend given that downbeat prospects for the euro zone economy would likely keep the European Central Bank inclined to ease monetary policy later this year, analysts said.