Kyle Glazier

Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims remained at 370,000 for the week ending May 12, while continuing claims rose to 3.265 million for the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

A report requested by lawmakers on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority supports its financial projections for the Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport, but raises concerns about MWAA's transparency, conflicts of interest and contracting practices.

WASHINGTON — The Virginia Resources Authority will execute the largest deal in its nearly 30-year history next week, when it plans to sell $350 million of bonds to help 15 local issuers finance infrastructure projects and refund previously issued debt.

WASHINGTON — Housing starts rose 2.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 in April from the upwardly revised 699,000 for March, originally reported as 654,000, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Housing starts rose 2.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 in April from the upwardly revised 699,000 for March, originally reported as 654,000, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

State transportation officials, engineers, construction firms and transportation advocacy groups are urging lawmakers working on a final highway bill to support the use of new tax-credit bonds to finance transportation projects.

WASHINGTON — Business inventories were up 0.3% to $1,580.2 billion in March, while sales rose 0.6% to $1,241 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Retail sales rose 0.1% to $408.0 billion in April after climbing a downwardly revised 0.7% in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Business inventories were up 0.3% to $1,580.2 billion in March, while sales rose 0.6% to $1,241.0 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Retail sales rose 0.1% to $408.0 billion in April after climbing a downwardly revised 0.7% in March, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — District of Columbia residents purchased more than $100 million of the city' latest bond sale of $314 million of income tax-secured revenue refunding bonds, which saved more than $35 million in interest expense, or more than 10% of the refunded principal amount, officials said.

The nation's governors are urging House and Senate conferees working on a final highway bill to avoid doing anything that would restrict flexibility for tax-exempt financing or have a chilling effect on public-private partnerships.

WASHINGTON — The producer price index for finished goods dropped 0.2% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, while prices rose 0.2% at the core, the Labor Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Rep. G.K. Butterfield has introduced a bill that would curb the power of federal and state officials to toll interstate highways, just as tolls are increasingly seen by transportation officials as a key alternative to offsetting waning federal gas tax revenues for project funding.

The producer price index for finished goods dropped 0.2% in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, while prices rose 0.2% at the core, the Labor Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Executives of two rail organizations that rely on municipal bonds to finance some projects told international advisory firm KPMG that getting stakeholders and policymakers to buy into and embrace a cultural shift will be key to successfully financing large fast-rail networks.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. international trade deficit reached $51.8 billion in March, a 14.1% increase from the revised $45.4 billion deficit for February, originally reported as $46.0 billion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The federal government’s ran a $59.1 billion budget surplus in April, a turnaround from a $198.2 billion deficit in March and up from the $40.4 billion deficit a year ago, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

The U.S. international trade deficit was $51.8 billion for March, a 14.1% increase from the revised $45.4 billion deficit for February, originally reported as $46.0 billion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Sales of merchant wholesalers were up 0.5% to $411.1 billion in March after rising a revised 1.1% in February, while inventories were up 0.3% to $480.4 billion, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.