* US jobless claims, Fed index readings bolster dollar
* Dollar 'getting over shock' of weak inflation figures-analyst
* Investors await Bank of Japan meeting outcome
TOKYO, June 16 (Reuters) - The dollar stood tall in Asia on Friday, on track for weekly gains against a currency basket, after upbeat U.S. economic data gave investors reason to hope the U.S. central bank will stick with its plan to hike rates.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major peers, added 0.1 percent to 97.474, and was up 0.6 percent for the week.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as widely expected, and also released some preliminary details of its plan to begin paring its $4 trillion-plus debt holdings.
Ahead of the central bank's announcements, however, downbeat inflation and retail sales data earlier sent the dollar into a tailspin.
"The dollar now seems to be getting over its shock from the core CPI release," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strategist for Mizuho Securities in Tokyo.
He noted that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) was relatively hawkish, releasing its plan for balance sheet reduction earlier than expected and keeping the interest rate outlook unchanged - despite market expectations for a slowing in the tempo of rate hikes.
"It will be increasingly difficult to short the dollar, he added.
Thursday's run of U.S. economic data gave dollar bulls some reason for cheer. The Labor Department said initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 237,000 for the week ended June 10, lower than the 242,000 that economists had predicted.
June readings of the New York Fed's Empire State business conditions index and the Philadelphia Fed business conditions index also both surpassed economists' expectations.
Higher yields underpinned the dollar. The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was last at 2.169 percent in Asian trade, above its U.S. close of 2.162 percent. They had fallen as low as 2.103 percent on Wednesday after the downbeat data was published.
The dollar rose 0.2 percent to 111.11 yen, on track to gain 1 percent for the week, as investors awaited the outcome of a Bank of Japan meeting later on Friday, followed by a news conference with BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda.
The BOJ is widely expected to maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy and reassure markets that it has no plans to hasten to follow the Fed's tapering example.
The euro was steady on the day at $1.1147, well below a seven-month high of $1.1296 touched on Wednesday, and down 0.6 percent for the week.