Kyle Glazier

Now is the time for the federal government to invest heavily in infrastructure, including a reauthorization of the Build America Bond program, according to a report issued Friday by the Treasury Department.

Sales of new single-family houses were down 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313,000 in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Transportation, water and energy infrastructure projects are most attractive for investment by public-private partnerships in the United States, according to a survey of construction company and engineering firm executives.

WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending March 17, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week’s revised level of 353,000, originally reported as 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica on Thursday introduced a bill that would extend the current temporary highway and transit bill by three months, in an effort to buy time for more debate on a multi-year reauthorization.

Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 for the week ending March 17, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level of 353,000, originally reported as 351,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., will introduce a three-month extension of temporary law reauthorizing highway and transit programs — the ninth such extension — before the end of the month.

WASHINGTON — Existing home sales decreased 0.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted 4.59 million-unit rate, after an upwardly revised 4.63 million-unit rate in January, originally reported as 4.57 million, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

Existing home sales decreased 0.9% in February to a seasonally adjusted 4.59 million-unit rate, after an upwardly revised 4.63 million rate in January, originally reported as 4.57 million units, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Housing starts fell 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 in February from an upwardly revised 706,000 in January, originally reported as 699,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Housing starts fell 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 in February from an upwardly revised 706,000 for January, originally reported as 699,000, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority sold $440.6 million of tax-exempt bonds, raising $177.4 million for infrastructure improvements and saving $17.8 million by refunding bonds issued in 2003, the authority said Monday.

WASHINGTON — Home builders’ confidence in the current market for new single-family homes remained unchanged in March as the National Association of Home Builders’ housing market index — a monthly gauge of builder sentiment — held at February’s downwardly revised level of 28.

WASHINGTON - Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes remained unchanged in March as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index - a monthly gauge of builder sentiment – held at February’s downwardly revised level of 28.

A total of about $101 billion, plus increases for inflation, will be needed annually over the next 20 years from federal, state,and local governments to keep the highway system in its current state, the Department of Transportation said Friday.

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices were up 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in February after rising 0.2% in January, the Labor Department reported Friday. Core consumer prices, which exclude food and energy, were up 0.1% for the month, after rising 0.2% in January.

Consumer prices were up 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in February, after rising 0.2% in January, the Labor Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — The two-year, $109 billion highway bill that cleared the Senate Wednesday contained several provisions that would benefit or ease restrictions on municipal bonds, but market participants think they could come to nothing if the House insists on pursuing its own bill.

WASHINGTON — Seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell 14,000 to 351,000 in the week ended March 10, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — The producer price index rose 0.4% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported Thursday.