Kyle Glazier

Non-farm payroll employment rose 115,000 in April and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 8.1%, the Labor Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — A Congressional Budget Office report warned this week that fuel economy rules proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency could further reduce revenue for the already-stricken Highway Trust Fund, the primary source of financing for the nation’s surface transportation network.

WASHINGTON — U.S. non-farm productivity slipped at a 0.5% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2012, after rising a revised 1.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims declined 27,000 to 365,000 for the week ending April 28, while continuing claims fell 53,000 to 3.276 million for the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday morning.

Maryland Treasurer Nancy Kopp has been a force on her state's political scene for decades, but the veteran politician doesn't mince words when it comes to the negative outlook a major rating agency has put on the Old Line State's triple-A credit rating.

WASHINGTON — New orders for manufactured goods fell $7.1 billion or 1.5% to $460.5 billion in March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

New orders for manufactured goods fell $7.1 billion or 1.5% to $460.5 billion in March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Stakeholders in the mostly bond-financed extension of the Washington Metrorail via the new Silver Line will meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Wednesday, as the nation's transit chief seeks to smooth the troubled path of a project beset by funding woes.

WASHINGTON — Construction spending climbed 0.1% to a seasonally adjusted estimated annual rate of $807.3 billion in March, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Construction spending climbed 0.1% to a seasonally adjusted estimated annual rate of $807.3 billion in March, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury expects to issue $182 billion in net marketable debt for the April-June quarter and $265 billion during the July-September quarter, the department announced Monday.

WASHINGTON — Personal income rose $50.3 billion, or 0.4%, in March, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

Personal income rose $50.3 billion or 0.4% in March, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

A very public feud over the highway funding reauthorization is set to move to a more private venue, as 47 members of a conference committee prepare to hammer out a compromise on divisive issues in the House and Senate bills.

WASHINGTON — Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.2% in the first quarter of 2012, according to the advance estimate released by the Commerce Department Friday.

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.2% in the first quarter of 2012, according to the advance estimate released by the Commerce Department Friday.

Witnesses representing public power providers who testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources Thursday expressed grave concerns that Department of Energy proposals would increase costs and fundamentally alter the public power market.

WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims declined 1,000 to 388,000 in the week ending April 21, while continuing claims rose 3,000 to 3.315 million in the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims declined to 388,000 for the week ending April 21, while continuing claims rose to 3.315 million for the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased 4.2% in March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Orders fell a downwardly revised 1.9% increase in February.