BRASILIA (Reuters) – Formal unemployment insurance claims in Brazil in May rose to 960,258, the Economy Ministry said on Tuesday, an increase of 53% from the same month last year and a clear sign of the hit to jobs from the coronavirus crisis.
The total number of claims registered in the first five months of the year rose 12.4% to 3.3 million.
(Reporting by Jamie McGeever; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
