U.S. weekly jobless claims seen hovering near record highs
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits in the last three weeks likely totaled a staggering 15 million as tough measures to control the novel coronavirus outbreak abruptly ground the country to halt, which would cement views the economy was in deep recession.Thursday's weekly jobless claims report from the Labor Department, the most timely data on the economy's health, would strengthen economists' expectations of job losses of up to 20 million in April. The..