Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON — The University of Virginia, one of the first issuers to plunge into Build America Bonds, returns to the market with a $190 million competitive deal scheduled for Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices declined 0.1% in June, the third consecutive monthly decline, as the year-over-year change in prices grew by the smallest amount in eight months, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims fell by 29,000 filings the week ending July 10 to a 23-month low of 429,000 as fewer manufacturing workers received seasonal furloughs than is normally the case, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Industrial production continued to expand in June, but the 0.1% gain was the smallest in four months, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Producer prices pulled back more than economists expected in June as they fell 0.5% to post their third straight monthly decline, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON - Industrial production increased 0.1% in June, the smallest increase in four months, as capacity utilization held steady at 74.1%, the Federal Reserve reported today.

WASHINGTON – Initial jobless claims fell to 429,000 for the week ending July 10, the lowest level in almost two years, as fewer manufacturing workers were furloughed for seasonal reasons compared to previous years, the Labor Department reported.

WASHINGTON - Producer prices fell 0.5% in June, the third straight monthly decline and the largest since February, the Labor Department reported.

WASHINGTON — Business inventories rose 0.1% in May as total business sales declined 0.9%, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Import prices dropped 1.3% in June to post the largest drop in 17 months, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials lowered their GDP and other projections “modestly” due to financial conditions, but not enough to warrant further policy accommodation, according to the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Virginia posted a preliminary fiscal 2010 surplus of at least $220 million as income and corporate taxes rebounded, reversing a $1.8 billion budget shortfall the state faced six months ago.

West Virginia estimated it saved about $4 million on a $37.7 million general obligation road refinancing deal last week after Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the state’s GO rating to Aa1 from Aa2.

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials said European sovereign debt concerns weighed on the U.S. economy, but not enough to warrant greater policy accommodation, as members lowered their estimates for economic growth and inflation for 2010, according to the Federal Open Market Committee minutes from the June 22 and 23 meeting.

WASHINGTON – Business inventories increased 0.1% in May as total business sales declined 0.9%, the largest amount in 14 months, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Import prices dropped 1.3% in June, much larger than economists expected and the largest drop in 17 months, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — State tax collections grew during the first quarter for the first time since 2008, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government reported Tuesday, raising hope that the national economic recovery may finally be improving states’ fiscal fortunes.

WASHINGTON — The federal government posted a $68.4 billion deficit in June, which was smaller than economist estimates, as the year-to-date deficit for fiscal 2010 topped $1 trillion, the Treasury Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly widened to a seasonally adjusted $42.3 billion in May, the largest deficit since November 2008, as exports and imports rose to their highest levels in almost two years, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON – The federal government posted a $68.4 billion deficit in June, a smaller deficit than economists estimated, as the fiscal 2010 year to date deficit topped $1 trillion, the Treasury Department reported today.