Patrick Temple-West

The consumer price index unexpectedly dipped 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, the first drop in more than a year as energy prices declined, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

The Virginia Resources Authority Tuesday expects to price $78 million of pooled financing revenue bonds for 18 local borrowers.

Federal Reserve members upheld the current monetary policy that the risk of raising interest rates early outweighs the risk of raising them too late, members of the Federal Open Market Committee said in minutes released from the April 28 monetary policy meeting.

The consumer price index unexpectedly dipped 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, the first drop in more than a year as energy prices declined, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia tomorrow expects to issue $32.9 million of qualified school construction bonds, now that a new law allows states and localities to issue certain tax-credit bonds as taxable, direct-pay subsidy bonds.

WASHINGTON — The producer price index in April unexpectedly declined by 0.1%, led lower by energy prices, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON - The producer price index in April unexpectedly declined by 0.1%, led lower by energy prices, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Wake County, N.C., on Wednesday will issue $34.9 million of qualified school construction bonds — its first such issuance and the state’s largest QSCB deal since the beginning of the program.

WASHINGTON — Business inventories increased 0.4% in March, while sales increased 2.3%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Industrial production increased 0.8% in April, the largest monthly gain since January and the 10th straight monthly rise, the Federal Reserve Board reported Friday.

WASHINGTON — Retail sales increased 0.4% in April, above economists’ estimates and the seventh straight monthly increase, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

WASHINGTON – Business inventories increased 0.4% in March, while sales increased 2.3%, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON - Industrial production increased 0.8% in April, the largest monthly gain since January and the 10th straight monthly rise, the Federal Reserve Board reported today.

WASHINGTON - Retail sales increased 0.4% in April, above economists’ estimates and the seventh straight monthly increase, the Commerce Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — Reliance on volatile sources of tax revenue that swing in boom-and-bust cycles led to budget woes most states are currently facing, according to a new report published by the Tax Foundation.

WASHINGTON — Import prices in April rose 0.9%, higher than economists expected and the largest increase since January, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims fell to 444,000 for the week ending May 8, the fourth straight weekly decline, the Labor Department reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Import prices in April rose 0.9%, higher than economists expected and the largest increase since January, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON – Initial jobless claims fell to 444,000 for the week ending May 8, the fourth straight weekly decline, the Labor Department reported today.

WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has temporarily suspended a $650 million deal for its Metrorail extension project, citing market volatility. However, the delay will not affect construction, authority officials said.