Patrick Temple-West

U.S. nonfarm unit productivity increased at a 9.5% annual rate in the third quarter, the largest gain in six years, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

Initial jobless claims decreased by 20,000 to 512,000 in the week ending Oct. 31, the lowest number of claims since January, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON – U.S. nonfarm unit productivity increased at a 9.5% annual rate in the third quarter, the largest gain in six years, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON – Initial jobless claims decreased by 20,000 to 512,000 in the week ending Oct. 31, the lowest number of claims since January, the Labor Department reported today.

Fauquier County Friday received an upgrade to AA from AA-minus on its outstanding general obligation bonds from Standard & Poor’s.

WASHINGTON — New factory orders for manufactured goods increased 0.9% in September, the fifth increase in the last six months, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — New factory orders for manufactured goods increased 0.9% in September, the fifth increase in the last six months, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Montgomery County, Md., expects today to competitively sell $397 million of refunding and new-money bonds in its largest deal ever. The sale could include the triple-A county’s first issuance of Build America Bonds.

WASHINGTON — Construction spending rose 0.8% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $940.3 billion, boosted by a record-high level of public construction, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — The Virginia Resources Authority on Thursday expects to sell $173.3 million of municipal bonds, including $68.7 million of direct-pay Build America Bonds, in a pooled transaction to make loans to 15 local borrowers for infrastructure and other projects.

WASHINGTON - Construction spending unexpectedly rose 0.8% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $940.3 billion, boosted by a record high level of public construction, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Personal spending declined 0.5% in September, in line with analysts' estimates, while core personal consumption expenditures were up 0.1% in the month, as consumption expenditures retreated from an eight-year high in August, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON - Personal spending declined 0.5% in September, in line with analysts’ estimates, while core PCE was up 0.1% in the month, as consumption expenditures retreated from an eight-year high in August, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Gross domestic product increased at a 3.5% annual rate from July through September as consumer spending drove economic growth to its highest rate in more than two years, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON – Gross domestic product increased at a 3.5% annual rate from July through September as consumer spending drove economic growth to its highest rate in more than two years, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — New home sales unexpectedly fell 3.6% in September as the number of new homes available for sale fell to the lowest level in almost 27 years, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Durable goods orders rose 1.0% in September, in line with economists’ estimates, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

Fairfax County voters will decide on the Nov. 3 general election ballot whether to approve $232.6 million of bonds for the Fairfax County public school system.

WASHINGTON - New home sales unexpectedly fell 3.6% in September as the number of new homes available for sale fell to the lowest level almost 27 years, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON - Durable goods orders rose 1.0% in September, in line with economists’ estimates, the Commerce Department reported today.