NEW YORK—The dollar recovered from a nine-week low on Thursday, lifted by a rise in U.S. Treasury yields after the government reported strong economic growth for the first quarter and an improvement in new jobless claims in the latest week. U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 2 basis points on Thursday, to 1.639 percent, boosted by the upbeat economic reports. Gross domestic product increased at a 6.4 percent annualized rate in the first quarter, the data showed, the second-fastest growth since the third quarter of 2003. First-quarter growth was powered by consumer spending, which increased at a 10.7 percent rate versus a 2.3 percent pace in the fourth quarter. A separate report on Thursday showed U.S. initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 553,000 during the week ended April 24. “Certainly a big part of the dollar’s move is the rise in yields today. There …