(Reuters) – Initial claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rose more than expected to 281,000 in the latest week from an unrevised 211,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, in the first indication of the toll on employment from the coronavirus outbreak.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims would rise to 220,000.
(Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
