Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims fell by 3,000 filings during the week ending Sept. 11 to 450,000, the lowest level since July, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Continuing claims fell to 4.485 million for the week ending Sept. 4.

WASHINGTON — Producer prices increased 0.4% in August due to higher energy prices to post their largest gain since March, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Core producer prices, excluding food and energy goods, rose 0.1%.

WASHINGTON - Producer prices increased 0.4% in August, the largest gain since March, as energy prices increased, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON - Initial jobless claims fell to 450,000 in the week ending Sept. 11, the lowest level since July, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Import prices rose 0.6% in August to post a second straight monthly increase and the largest gain in four months, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Industrial production decelerated in August as the pace of growth slowed to 0.2% from 0.6% in July, the Federal Reserve Board reported Wednesday. The gain matched economists’ expectations.

Virginia last Friday scuttled a potential public-private partnership for the Port of Virginia, ending the chance for a private company to operate the port.

WASHINGTON - Industrial production rose 0.2% in August, in line with economists’ expectations, the Federal Reserve Board reported today.

WASHINGTON — Import prices rose 0.6% in August, the second straight monthly increase and the largest in four months, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Business inventories grew more than economists estimated in July, expanding 1.0% to post their largest increase in two years, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Retail sales increased more than economists expected in August, rising 0.4% to post their strongest gain in five months, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – Business inventories increased 1.0% in July, twice as much as economists expected and the largest increase in two years, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON - Retail sales increased 0.4% in August, the strongest gain in five months, topping economists’ estimates, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — The federal government reported a smaller-than-expected deficit of $90.5 billion in August, the Treasury Department announced Monday.

WASHINGTON – The federal government reported a $90.5 billion deficit in August, the Treasury Department announced Monday.

WASHINGTON — The Washington Suburban Sanitary District of Maryland expects Tuesday to competitively price $240 million of public improvement bonds to modernize its aging sewer system for 1.8 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Wholesale inventories surged ahead of economists’ expectations in July, rising 1.3%, to post the largest increase in stockpiles in two years, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Wholesale inventories increased 1.3%, in July, the largest increase in two years, the Commerce Department reported today.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by $7 billion in July to $42.8 billion as exports rose to nearly a two-year high, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. It was the first trade-deficit reduction in four months.

The U.S. trade deficit fell to $42.8 billion in July, the first drop in four months, as exports increased to the highest level in almost two years, the Commerce Department reported today.