Kyle Glazier

New orders for manufactured goods remained almost unchanged in November, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Growing traffic between the United States and its international neighbors is leading to a need for more border road crossings, but a new HNTB white paper stresses the need for careful and conservative revenue studies for near-border toll points.

As the economic situation remained about unchanged from the fall, the Federal Open Market Committee agreed to a new round of asset purchases but was divided on how long to pursue the strategy, according to the minutes of the committee's Dec. 11-12 meeting, released Thursday.

Construction spending fell 0.3% to a seasonally adjusted estimated annual rate of $866 billion in November, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Municipal bond and city interests are spending the final hours before the fiscal cliff deadline watching and waiting, remaining hopeful that lawmakers will agree on a slimmed-down last-minute deal not including any threats to the muni interest tax exemption.

The Public-Private Partnership sector will experience broad but slow growth in the coming year, experts predict.

Sales of new single-family houses rose 4.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 377,000 in November, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The transportation sector will spend next year looking for opportunities to achieve limited legislative goals, while hoping to stay out of the way of lawmakers who may have to slash funds in ongoing efforts to deal with the debt crisis.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced final agreement has been reached on a $1.4 billion public-private partnership to finance, design, and build a new 55-mile section of U.S. Route 460 in the southeastern part of the commonwealth.

New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 0.7% to $220.9 billion in November, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Personal income rose $85.8 billion or 0.6% in November following a revised 0.1% increase in October, while personal spending climbed $41.3 billion or 0.4%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Federal and transit agency officials made their case for federal aid to rebuild in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, telling a Senate panel they will need it to help pay debt service on new muni debt.

Existing home sales rose 5.9% to a seasonally adjusted 5.04 million-unit rate in November, following a revised 4.76 million rate in October, the National Association of Realtors announced Thursday.

Airports, ports, and unregulated power companies are at risk due to the impending fiscal cliff, while toll roads and public power utilities are insulated from the worst danger, according to a Moody's Investors Service report released Wednesday.

Gov. Bob McDonnell informed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that Virginia will not be pursuing a state-based health benefits exchange for 2014.

A bill that would have authorized the Virginia Public Building Authority to issue an additional $300 million in bonds for wastewater treatment facilities died in committee.

Housing starts fell 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000 in November from a revised estimate of 888,000 in October, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

The U.S. current account deficit fell to $107.5 billion in the third quarter of 2012, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is at the forefront of a nationwide push to create a new tax-credit bond program for transportation investment.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled his proposed amendments to Virginia's 2012-2014 budget, an $86 billion two-year plan he said prepares Virginia for the fiscal cliff by increasing cash reserves and flexibility and puts transportation revenue on a firmer footing.